Due to work related stuff, gonna be off the grid for a couple of days… Should be back Saturday-ish…
Go read the good folks on the sidebar, they are MUCH more interesting than I am.
Alternate title- Just call me Joe…
I’m really showing my age, but I used to read Dogpatch in the comics when I was a kid… Joe Btfsplk just fit today in more ways than one…
Finally got out of work about 1730, and started the slog back to the apartment. In the distance I could see a little pop-up thunderstorm cell (by little I mean about 2 blocks big). Sure enough I have to go through the damn thing…
RAIN- like the proverbial cow on a flat rock!!! I mean quarter size rain drops in probably the space of 50-100 feet!!!
Heavy rain all the way through, and yet I can see sunlight a block away… Finally get to the far side (hey, 20 mph is GOOD up here even with NO rain…
Get across the Interstate, get stuck in traffic again, all of a sudden, RAIN… Well damn, same cloud; mutter, mumble, two blocks and I’ll duck down a side street, and I’m out of it again!
Okay, it’s going that’a’way, I’m going this’a’way so no problem… Two blocks later, RAIN…
Alright, enough is enough… damn rain cloud is now changing directions???
Finally traffic picks up and I get out in front of it, turn left and get back down to the Apartment garage. Grab the stuff out of the truck and head for the apartment and RAIN… damn cloud turned LEFT and followed me home…
Anybody want a rain cloud? Not potty trained, LOTS of rain, no lightening, no thunder??? Free to a good home???
EDIT- And it showed back up about 0100 this morning with it’s big brothers and stood my ass straight up out of bed with thunder and lightning… Nice show, but dayum… I was trying to sleep over here…
Gonna be a LONG day today… Sigh
About a dozen of us got together last night for dinner, and a beer or three…
Most of the couples there had at least one member that was retired military, ranging from retired Navy Captains to Marine LT Colonel, to a couple of us Mustangs…
We’re all now working our ‘second’ careers, since military retirement really isn’t all that great by comparison, and we all like to eat and be able to actually buy things occasionally. Among other things, taxes and tax rates came up, as all of us remembered the military and low pay and taxes in the 70’s, and the ruinous interest rates (12-15%) back in those days. And one of the folks works as an accountant and he mentioned they’d done some addition and 70% total taxes were NOT out of the realm of possibility… THIS was sitting in my in box this morning, which means some other folks are also seeing this possible!
The other thing(s) that got brought up were the fact that the good ol “boys” and “girls” (career congresscritters) really are disconnected from us (regardless of party). They really do not understand the consequences of the 2010 election; much less the fact that most of those elected for the first time in 2010 are NOT willing to go along and get along with the power brokers in either the House or the Senate.
We pretty much agreed that there won’t be enough political pressure to get those folks to actually vote to add to taxes, unless they get LOTS of cuts and the balanced budget amendment. The RSC Cut, Cap, and Balance proposal makes a lot of sense to us…
Plain and simple fact, the congresscritters have passed beyond the point where they are going to be able to wave their hands and magic wand their asses out of this one. There are going to have to be cuts, plain and simple, and these WILL have to include entitlements and the military. Most of these cuts WILL impact with the voters, and the career politicians just don’t seem to get it (our general opinion).
When you look at the “leadership” in both houses and the administration, they are bent on forcing “their” options through regardless of what the public wants, and they’ve done pull polling that gives them the answers they spout on TV every day. Hate to be the one to tell them, but that ain’t what John Q. Public wants (or at least the WORKING public wants)…
(note- None of us considered social security an entitlement, since we’ve all paid into it for an average of 40 years)
We are all at the point we are ready to just dump our second careers if more taxes come down, rather than have even more of the pay we work hard for given away in handouts…
If we did that, two companies, employing about 250 people would close, and the companies the rest of us work for would lose in the neighborhood of 200 years of experience and management skills.
We know we’re probably not going to get all our Social Security, and know that our military retirements will probably be reduced through blocking of COLA raises, but something HAS to be done, or the US is done in our lifetimes…
As I’ve perused my usual blogs, I noted that I’m not the only one that was having those discussions or those thoughts. Go over to Corn, Beans, Spent Brass and a Deadline to read Frank’s take on it; Bayou Renaissance Man and read Peter’s take on it and his excellent links; An Ordinary American’s take here; Crucis take here…
And then there is Tam’s approach 🙂 Tongue firmly in cheek (I hope)…
Sorry for the soapbox again folks, but if WE don’t speak up, who will???
Got this from an engineer buddy who has NOT been having any luck with the ladies…
He sent me this after his second divorce, and he said he’s now to the point of just finding a woman he doesn’t like and buying her a house if he starts thinking about getting married again…
And this one is, I think, a bit optimistic… Just sayin…
Y’all have a good week, and try to stay cool…
Got this one from a friend in Texas, apparently it was 105 out there today…
Got this from a buddy stationed in Hawaii… Not too far from the truth…
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If you have spent some time in the Islands, you’ll find this funny. If not oh well…….
Please try fo complete dis as best as you can and no take
defense at da questions. Tanks eh! Last name:
___________________________________________________
[if your last name no fit, continue on da oddah side of da page.] First name:
[ ] Boy
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[ ] Junior
[ ] Junior Boy [ ] J.B. (short for Jr. Boy) [ ] Honey Girl [ ] Tita [ ] Sista [ ] Bradda [ ] Sista-Girl What year you went grad: ____
(if unsure, try guess) Sex:
[ ]M
[ ]F [ ]Mahu [ ]None Slippa size: ____ Left ____ Right
Weight:
[ ] Small kine
[ ] Mejum [ ] Small kine big [ ] Momona Eyes:
[ ] Blind as one bat
[ ] Bad, but not dat bad [ ] She go! [ ] Black and Blue Occupation:
[ ] Construction worka
[ ] Sanitation Engineer [ ] Surfa [ ] Lei greeter [ ] Waitress [ ] Stripper [ ] Un-employed [ ] Bishop Estate Trustee Spouse’s Name:
______________________________
2nd Spouse’s Name:
______________________________
3rd Spouse’s Name:
______________________________
Lover’s Name:
______________________________
2nd Lover’s Name:
______________________________
Nationality:
[ ] Hawaiian
[ ] Popolo [ ] Hapa [ ] Japanese [ ] Filipino [ ] Haole [ ] Portagee [ ] Pake [ ] All da above Numba of children living in household: ______
Numba of children living in your household das not
yours: _____
Number of children that stay bumming off of you das
over 23 years old: ______ Mother’s Name:
_______________________(Relation__________)
Father’s Name:
_______________________(Relation__________)
Edumacation: (Circle highest grade completed)
1 2 3 4
If you obtained one higher edumacation what was yo major?
[ ] 5th grade [ ] 6th grade
Cawheelas you own and where dey stay:
___ Total number of cawheelas you own
___ Number of cawheelas that still crank ova
___ Number of cawheelas wit rust
___ Number of cawheelas no mo rust
___ Number of cawheelas on cement blocks
___ Number of cawheelas stay held together with duct tape.
Age you started fo drive: ______
(If over 10, slow learner ?): [ ] Yes [ ] No
Do you have a surf rack?
[ ] Yes [ ] No; If no, please explain:
Color of teeth:
[ ] Yellow
[ ] Brownish-Yellow [ ] Brown [ ] Black [ ] N/A How far is your home from a paved road?
[ ] 1 miles
[ ] 2 miles [ ] don’t know Distance between you and da beach? ____
Do you live on beach front property but don’t own a house
or the land? [ ] Yes [ ] No Please explain:
How many times you gotten away with a DUI dis year
because you were related to da policeman?____ How much pakalolo do you smoke a day?
[ ] 1 joint
[ ] 2 joints [ ] would smoke but cost more den gold. How much beer do you drink a day?
[ ] 6 pack
[ ] 12 pack [ ] 18 pack [ ] case How do you know that you had too much to drink?
[ ] You fall out of da car when da policeman opens da car door.
[ ] Da keg is empty. [ ] You Haole but your eyes look like de from one Japanese. [ ] When you piss, da bugga smell like Budweiser. [ ] All of the above. As usual, there is a move afoot for MORE native Hawaiian control of the islands. As far as I’m concerned, we need to close the bases, destroy the facilities, and pack up and leave Hawaii… Then let them try to function…
If it weren’t for Haoles, tourists, and the military, they’d still be paddling around in canoes trying to fish for a living. Even back in the 70’s when I was stationed out there, over 50% of the high school grads were functionally illiterate!!!
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Simply friggin amazing… Three things for your perusal, all the folks are MUCH more articulate than I…
Washington Times
July 13, 2011
Pg. B4
Disarmed By Shariah- Political correctness prevents Army from recognizing sedition
By Adm. James A. Lyons, USN (Retired)
Today, the mind-numbing disease of political correctness has so infected the American military leadership that it is a threat in itself. The political correctness mentality was the principal reason why Fort Hood’s alleged murderer, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was not cashiered out of the Army after a shocking June 2007 PowerPoint presentation he gave as part of his psychiatric residency program. In that presentation, he reportedly warned his Army colleagues and supervisor at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center of “adverse events” that would occur if the Army did not accept the precepts of Islamic Shariah law and grant Muslims serving in the Army conscientious objector status.
He went on to describe what he meant by adverse events, citing previous cases of Muslims murdering their fellow soldiers, spying against the United States, deserting their units and refusing to deploy. None of his fellow doctors or his supervisor reported his remarks, most likely out of fear of being labeled a bigot or racist, which in today’s military could end one’s career.
Now it seems the Army has embraced Maj. Hasan’s position in an incredible decision made last month by the secretary of the Army to grant conscientious objector status to Pfc. Naser Abdo. He is a 21-year-old soldier, a member of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., who refused to deploy to Afghanistan, claiming that Shariah law prevented him from killing other Muslims.
The fact that Shariah law is totally incompatible with the U.S. Constitution and has no legal basis in the United States was somehow overlooked in the Army’s decision process. Shariah is a totalitarian legal-military-political system that is designed to control every aspect of an individual’s life and is antithetical to our concept of freedom and democracy. By its dictates, Shariah is seditious.
By acceding to the dictates of Shariah, the Army has tacitly endorsed an absurd position that in effect sanctions Muslim service members to kill non-Muslims but forbids them to kill Muslims. Further, it is an unbelievable basis on which to classify them as conscientious objectors.
When Pfc. Abdo enlisted, he stated he initially believed that he could be a soldier and a Muslim at the same time. What changed his vision? He stated that his understanding of Islam “changed” as he went through training ahead of a planned deployment to Afghanistan. He worried whether going to war was the right thing to do.
This would indicate that someone in the Army training process for an overseas deployment in the 2009-10 time frame was indoctrinating Pfc. Abdo and other Muslim soldiers. Could it have been one of the Muslim chaplains personally selected by Abdurahman Alamoudi, who currently is serving a 23-year sentence in a federal prison? He was convicted of terrorism-related charges and was proved to be a senior al Qaeda financier as well as a strong supporter of the terrorists groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
As a result of his close connections in the Clinton White House, Alamoudi had the lead role in establishing the Muslim chaplain program. He nominated and approved which Muslim chaplains could serve in the U.S. military. The chaplains have never been vetted. This, together with a review of how Muslim military personnel currently are being indoctrinated, needs to be examined on an expedited basis.
Who helped the Army come to this inconceivable position on classifying Pfc. Abdo as a conscientious objector? My guess would be the Army received “guidance” from its Muslim “outreach partners,” who it believes are operating in America’s best interest. This would be classic stealth jihad at its finest.
By granting conscientious objector status to Pfc. Abdo, the Army is tacitly accepting a key tenet of the Islamic doctrine of jihad, as embraced by al Qaeda and other terrorists groups, which states that any incursion by non-Muslims into the Islamic lands makes it the duty for all Muslims to fight the “occupiers.” This view is shared by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has challenged American efforts in Afghanistan as “unwelcome outsiders,” in effect, occupiers.
The U.S. military is the finest in the world. It represents the best of America. We have many Muslims serving honorably in the U.S. military and their service should not be tainted by Pfc. Abdo’s conscientious objector designation. His discharge from the Army is currently on hold because he has been charged with possession of child pornography. That should not be surprising: Shariah sanctions marriage of girls 9 years old and younger, in effect, legalized pedophilia.
ADM “Ace” Lyons is a Louisiana boy who done good as they say… Former CINPACFLT, sits on the boards of numerous corporations, consultant to various Military leaders, etc. He’s been there, done that, and proudly displays the T-shirts. He is still very active as high level security consultant to the US infrastructure. I actually met him years ago when he was CPF, and had a nice little chat with him.
And while I’m on the ‘subject’, here’s a LINK to another article in today’s Washington Times by Ted Nugent… Worth the read…
And if you’re not already pissed off enough, go watch THIS…
/kicking soap box back in the corner now… sigh
Cowboy rules for:
Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nebraska, Idaho, and the rest of the Wild West are as follows:
1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Turn your cap right, your head ain’t crooked.
3. Let’s get this straight: it’s called a ‘gravel road.’ I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you’re gonna get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
4. They are cattle. That’s why they smell like cattle. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don’t like it? I-10 & I-40 go east and west, I-17 & I-15 goes north and south. Pick one and go.
5. So you have a $60,000 car. We’re impressed. We have $250,000 Combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
6. Every person in the Wild West waves. It’s called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin’ in during a hunt, we WILL shoot it outta your hand. You better hope you don’t have it up to your ear at the time.
8. Yeah. We eat trout, salmon, deer and elk. You really want sushi and caviar? It’s available at the corner bait shop.
9. The ‘Opener’ refers to the first day of deer season. It’s a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
10. We open doors for women. That’s applied to all women, regardless of age.
11. No, there’s no ‘vegetarian special’ on the menu. Order steak, or you can order the Chef’s Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham and turkey.
12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah … We don’t care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat… IT AIN’T REAL CHILI!!
13. You bring ‘Coke’ into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. You bring ‘Mary Jane’ into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.
14. College and High School Football is as important here as the Giants, the Yankees, the Mets, the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don’t hit the water hazards – it spooks the fish.
16. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump ain’t music, anyway. We don’t want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!
A true Westerner will send this to at least 10 others and a few new friends that probably won’t get it, but we’re friendly so we share in hopes you can begin to understand what a real life is all about!!!
And there is more-
The COWBOY Solution to save Gasoline.
OBAMA wants us to cut the amount of gasoline we use…
The best way to stop using so much gasoline is to deport 15 million illegal immigrants!
That would be 15 million less people using our gas.
The price of gas would come down…
Bring our troops home from Afghanistan to guard the borders…
When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the Border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Afghanistan…
Tell him if he wants to come to AMERICA then he must serve a tour in OUR military…
Give him a soldier’s pay while he’s there and tax him on it…
After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country…
He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal resident…
This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Afghanistan and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves.
If they refuse to serve, ship them to Afghanistan anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo.
Problem solved…
Obama came out tonight and said SS, retiree and Medicare/Medicaid checks won’t go out if the debt ceiling is not passed… sigh…
SCREWEM…
How about some humor? Questionable humor at best, but what the hey…
I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.
I had amnesia once—or twice
I went to San Francisco. I found someone’s heart. Now what?
Protons have mass? I didn’t even know they were Catholic.
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.
If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle.
What is a “free” gift? Aren’t all gifts free?
They told me I was gullible and I believed them.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he’ll never be able to merge his car onto the freeway.
Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.
One nice thing about egotists: they don’t talk about other people.
My weight is perfect for my height–which varies.
I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.
How can there be self-help “groups”?
If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?
Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I’ll show you a man who can’t get his pants off.
Is it me –or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?
h/t JP
And go over to An Ordinary American‘s Blog and watch a pilot save $20M by landing an F-16 engine out. That ol’ boy done good 🙂
And go over to An Ordinary American‘s Blog and watch a pilot save $20M by landing an F-16 engine out. That ol’ boy done good 🙂
I met up with Arctic Elf from GBC and his Father-in-law for lunch and a bit of shooting at NRA today. Good folks, but AE lacks a bit on the navigation around Fairfax 🙂
I guess I really can’t blame him, since he’s out of NORVA though…
We were actually able to get a lane as soon as we got there, and as usual, started trading pistols and trying them. Then the FIL decided we needed a ‘competition’ and he brings out one that looks like this…
It was in B&W, but you get the idea… It was one of those printable targets at 5 yards. We were each taking five shots, so I got 6-10… Didn’t do so well, matter of fact, I sucked!!!
When “I” started trying to get ‘that’ accurate, I realized I’d never really shot the Colt at bull’s eyes per se; I’d only been shooting it at IDPA/IPSC/Silhouettes, which have a MUCH larger aim point. I kinda redeemed myself on 16-20 since those had a bit more vertical error for me to play with…
I really need to go do the dot drills for a while, and then come back to this one… sigh
Other than that, it was a good day, and Arctic Elf and his FIL made it a better day at the range! And hopefully we’ll get to do that again (AFTER I practice on that @!#@& target)…
Bored and up early, I was wandering the interwebz this morning and happened across THIS…
IBD article- The Stimulation Of Murder
Extract:
Right there in the stimulus bill that no one in Congress bothered to read is $10 million for Project Gunrunner (aka Operation Fast and Furious), which resulted in the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and increased drug cartel violence.
Right there in the “shovel ready” stimulus, no black humor intended, is a provision for $40 million for “state and local law enforcement assistance” along our border with Mexico and in high drug-trafficking areas, “of which $10 million shall be transferred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, salaries and expenses for the ATF Project Gunrunner.”
Attorney General Eric Holder’s “I know nothing” imitation of TV’s Sgt. Schultz has evaporated with the discovery of an April 2, 2009, speech to authorities in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in which he took Gunrunner credit for himself and the rest of the Obama administration…
During an interview with a Univision reporter that aired in March, Obama said he was “absolutely not” informed about the ATF program that deliberately funneled guns into Mexico. “I did not authorize it,” he said. “Eric Holder, the attorney general, did not authorize it. He’s been very clear that our policy is to catch gunrunners and put them into jail.”
So… Killing people was a Stimulus Project???
Sure as hell looks like it, and it’s obvious from the speech that Holder no only KNEW about it but TOOK CREDIT!!!
And Obamallama claims nobody knew nothing? I don’t think so… It’s time, in my opinion, for a special prosecutor and turn ’em loose!
Right there in the “shovel ready” stimulus, no black humor intended, is a provision for $40 million for “state and local law enforcement assistance” along our border with Mexico and in high drug-trafficking areas, “of which $10 million shall be transferred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, salaries and expenses for the ATF Project Gunrunner.”
Attorney General Eric Holder’s “I know nothing” imitation of TV’s Sgt. Schultz has evaporated with the discovery of an April 2, 2009, speech to authorities in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in which he took Gunrunner credit for himself and the rest of the Obama administration…
During an interview with a Univision reporter that aired in March, Obama said he was “absolutely not” informed about the ATF program that deliberately funneled guns into Mexico. “I did not authorize it,” he said. “Eric Holder, the attorney general, did not authorize it. He’s been very clear that our policy is to catch gunrunners and put them into jail.”
So… Killing people was a Stimulus Project???
Sure as hell looks like it, and it’s obvious from the speech that Holder no only KNEW about it but TOOK CREDIT!!!
And Obamallama claims nobody knew nothing? I don’t think so… It’s time, in my opinion, for a special prosecutor and turn ’em loose!