GC sent me this in a message from the Second Amendment Foundation today:
In the last 15 days, supporters of the 2nd Amendment pledged nearly $15,000 for support of the important new film “Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire” that exposes California as the front line in the civil rights battle between public safety and the 2nd Amendment. The Second Amendment Foundation and the Calguns Foundation have each contributed $5,000.00 to get this project off the ground.
Please go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/assaulted/assaulted and make your pledge now.
The SAF and CALGUNS have been at the forefront of the gains we’ve seen in gun rights during the past few years. If you’ve got a few dollars that need a home, please consider giving them a hand.
I know I did a bleg for KTKC, but these are good folks too! I know some of the folks at Calguns, and they are working HARD to save California!!!
Chatting tonight with an old friend, and the subject of airplanes we flew came up…
We both decided we’re pretty damn old when ‘most’ of them are on sticks somewhere, or in museums…
But there IS hope!!!
Flew on this one in 1970-1971…
Flew on this one 1971-1972 (and flew it to the museum in late 72)! It’s been repainted to the Hurricane Hunters paint scheme.
I’d have to go back and look, but I ‘think’ I flew on this one too, that BUNO is rather distinctive (in the late 70s), it’s in the museum too…
But there is a new kid in town!!!
The latest iteration of sub chasers, the new P-8 Poseidon (Boeing 737-800 with a 900 wing and upgraded engines) is officially hitting the Fleet. VP-16 is currently transitioning to the P-8 as we speak in Jacksonville, FL and they have their first two airplanes!!!
This picture was taken in Guam last week. VX-1 on a road trip with the new bird!!!
And one just for the hell of it… 🙂
Doing the job, kicking ass, and taking names…
But I guess I have no choice…
I just cannot BELIEVE the ego involved to even THINK about putting something like this out…
This is an abomination to put it mildly…
Link HERE.
Or this…
The Obama campaign has launched its “For All” campaign, encouraging supporters to take pictures of themselves with their hands on their hearts and a note explaining why they support President Obama.
Actress Jessica Alba uses the Pledge of Allegiance as an example of the campaign in an email to supporters.
“Growing up, my classmates and I started every day with a ritual: We’d stand up, put our right hand over our hearts, and say the Pledge of Allegiance,” explains Alba. “To me, that gesture was a promise. A promise to be involved and engaged in this country’s future. A promise to work for liberty and justice — and for affordable education, health care, and equality — for all.”
Link HERE.
They really ARE trying to set up an oligarchy with Obummer as the titular head…
Re-Elect NONE on Nov 6th!!!
We’ve said we believed that Gen Dempsey ‘drank the kool-aid’ before he was confirmed as CJCS, and this pretty much confirms it…
Thanks to reader Craig for the link and the update!
Full article HERE.
LTC Dooley, a highly decorated combat veteran, was publically condemned by General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and relieved of his teaching assignment (serving as an instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) , a branch of the National Defense University) because of the negative way Islam was portrayed in an elective course entitled, Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism.
So effectively not only has a VALUABLE course been killed, an outstanding officer’s career has also been killed. For what?
Political expediency and pandering to the Muslims…
And more and more info is coming out about the Embassy attacks, and the administration is looking worse and worse…
And the Iranian Quds have finally gotten some attention inside the beltway, but I’m betting the administration will NOT admit to being concerned…
Iran’s extremist militias and their proxies were behind a recent string of terror attacks against Israeli diplomatic targets around the globe and might seek to strike the United States, U.S. counterterrorism officials said Wednesday.
Thanks to reader Craig for the link and the update!
Full article HERE.
LTC Dooley, a highly decorated combat veteran, was publically condemned by General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and relieved of his teaching assignment (serving as an instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) , a branch of the National Defense University) because of the negative way Islam was portrayed in an elective course entitled, Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism.
So effectively not only has a VALUABLE course been killed, an outstanding officer’s career has also been killed. For what?
Political expediency and pandering to the Muslims…
And more and more info is coming out about the Embassy attacks, and the administration is looking worse and worse…
And the Iranian Quds have finally gotten some attention inside the beltway, but I’m betting the administration will NOT admit to being concerned…
Iran’s extremist militias and their proxies were behind a recent string of terror attacks against Israeli diplomatic targets around the globe and might seek to strike the United States, U.S. counterterrorism officials said Wednesday.
“We have seen an uptick in operational activity by the Quds Force over the last year or so,” National Counter-Terrorism Center Director Matthew G. Olsen told a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Mr. Olsen said the Quds Force, the elite division of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for operations abroad, “poses a threat beyond the immediate [Middle East] region,” including to the U.S. homeland.
He cited the federal prosecution last year of a senior member of the force for involvement in a failed plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. by bombing a Washington restaurant.
Full article HERE.
And reader Les passed this along…
And Italy did THIS.
Italy’s highest appeals court has upheld guilty verdicts on 23 Americans, all but one of them CIA agents, accused of kidnapping a terror suspect.
Their case related to the abduction of an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003.
The man, known as Abu Omar, was allegedly flown to Egypt and tortured.
The Americans were tried in absentia, in the first trial involving extraordinary rendition, the CIA’s practice of transferring suspects to countries where torture is permitted.
And of course we have the Chinese ready to go to war with Japan, and Panetta over there trying to ‘calm’ the waters… Wonder what he’s giving away THIS time…
I’m at the point that I believe there IS going to be that 0300 phone call in the next weeks or months, and it won’t be answered…
And more of our folks (both military and civilian) will die.
I hope I’m wrong…
This one came over the transom a little while ago- From the mil-email set…
Many years ago as a flight commander in an USAF F-4 squadron, I was required to write an OER (Officer Effectiveness Report) on each of the pilots and WSOs (weapon systems officers) in my charge. This onerous task was flawed from the outset since it was assumed that the rater would render a totally honest assessment of an individual officer’s unique skills and capabilities as compared to a baseline of his peers.
Of course this did not happen, as the slightest negative comment would almost always assure an undeserved denial of promotion… hence the infamous OER inflation creep emerged… where almost everyone was awarded “walk on water” evaluations. Consequently, continuing PME (professional military education), endorsements from higher headquarters, the officer’s official picture, error free and perfectly typed and punctuated paperwork, assurance that every available space for comments was used, additional duties, and a dozen other irreverent factors that had little or nothing to do with the officer’s primary job as a fighter pilot or WSO.
All of this flawed process was exacerbated by the fact that this occurred during the “pre-computer era”, thus denying the rater with data banks of “flowery remarks”, synonyms, spell checkers, and printers. It was during this period that a Marine F-4 exchange pilot was assigned to my flight.
After about six months, I got a letter from HQ Marine Corps requesting that I prepare an OER for this pilot.
The USMC OER form was enclosed, with instructions that it was to be prepared by me, in my handwriting and returned as a single copy. There were several blocks to be checked, followed by a space for remarks that was only adequate for two to three short sentences… then above my signature block was a question with two choices: “Would you go to combat with this officer?” Check either “yes or no.”
Talk about cutting through the crap! I was impressed at the time and to this day have never forgotten its bottom line simplicity and brilliance. Try applying that test to the current crop of “leaders” who are in charge of America ‘s destiny…
Maybe it’s just me, but I damn well would not willingly go to combat with any of them. How in hell did we let this happen before our very eyes… on our watch? We as a nation had better get a grip, turn out in mass for the 2012 national election and throw these self-serving jerks out of power before it is too late. I fear that four more years of political correctness, blatant socialist/Marxist policies, lack of backbone and disregard for our constitution will do irreparable damage.
If we are to remain the greatest nation the world has ever seen, which was built on the loyalty, integrity and sacrifice of generations of patriots whose gym bag our current leadership couldn’t carry… we best get it done on Nov 6.
Can’t say I disagree with this one at all!!!
Folks the days are counting down, and we’re not even close to our goal. There are plenty of folks who you can help with your donation.
I’m not offering any prizes, nor throwing myself on the altar of pandering, I’m just asking you to contribute to a couple of good causes.
Prostate cancer and testicular cancer are killers when undiagnosed and untreated. Testicular cancer can strike even the young (teen males are NOT exempt), and prostate cancer tends to take older men (like your fathers and brothers).
If something is ‘not right’, get checked! And during that annual physical (you get one don’t you?), make sure your PSAT is checked!
If you’re so inclined, hit the links at the top of this blog to contribute.
Thanks in advance, and remember you may help save a life of someone you really care about!
I’m not offering any prizes, nor throwing myself on the altar of pandering, I’m just asking you to contribute to a couple of good causes.
Prostate cancer and testicular cancer are killers when undiagnosed and untreated. Testicular cancer can strike even the young (teen males are NOT exempt), and prostate cancer tends to take older men (like your fathers and brothers).
If something is ‘not right’, get checked! And during that annual physical (you get one don’t you?), make sure your PSAT is checked!
If you’re so inclined, hit the links at the top of this blog to contribute.
Thanks in advance, and remember you may help save a life of someone you really care about!
Overheard on the airplane last night from LAX to IAD…
Two women sitting behind us in first class (yep, I actually GOT an upgrade), one asked the other what she did. The answer? “Oh, I’m collecting unemployment.”
WTF??? She’s collecting unemployment and riding in first class???
The woman then proceeds to lay out EXACTLY how she’s cheating the system (and not quietly either)…
Two women sitting behind us in first class (yep, I actually GOT an upgrade), one asked the other what she did. The answer? “Oh, I’m collecting unemployment.”
WTF??? She’s collecting unemployment and riding in first class???
The woman then proceeds to lay out EXACTLY how she’s cheating the system (and not quietly either)…
Laid off school teacher, been on unemployment since LAST YEAR! She said she has another 40 something weeks to go. The other lady asked if she was trying to find a job, and the lady just laughed…
Said she was working part time under another name at a private school and part time for her boyfriend’s company, had a section 8 apartment (apparently owned by her sister), that was where her mail was delivered, and was also collecting welfare and WIC, splitting the section 8 rent with her sister, and living with her boyfriend in a “BIG” house in PG county. She said she was sending out a resume or two a month, “Just to keep the unemployment people happy.” And collecting ‘about’ $4000/month between everything…
She said when it runs out, she’ll go full time at a private school and will ‘miss’ her extended vacation! And the only thing she was pissed about was that she had to put ‘stuff’ in her sister’s name, like the car and the credit cards… Sigh…
I actually managed to keep my mouth shut, but it was REALLY hard…
I happened to be behind her walking out of the airport, and her boyfriend picked her up in a late model BMW 7 series…
Sigh, somebody remind me again why I come to work everyday…
A couple of us had lunch today and obviously the crap surrounding the attacks against the Embassies were a discussion item. More and more reports are ‘leaking’ that in fact there WAS foreknowledge of the ‘possibility’ of attacks, and apparently even an internal cable sent by DOS to the Embassy in Egypt.
But, that segued into a discussion of the number of devout Muslims working at US and other airports. And the ‘perception’ that all of us had that the numbers are increasing and both the women wearing the Hijab and men wearing the Taqiyah (many with full beards) are either controlling access/providing ‘information’ to working security lines or working inside the SIDA with full access badges. I know IAD has a high number with many more ‘open’ about their faith.
Others we’d been through in the last month included LAX, SFO, SEA, EWR, ATL, PHL, HNL, DIA, JFK, ORD, SYD, PER, LHR, MUC, FRA, FCO and CDG. In the US, all of the airports listed seemed to have ‘similar’ sets working much like IAD does. In Europe it appears there are less, and they are more ‘closely’ watched by security/police and are fewer inside the SIDAs. In Australia, I don’t think I ever saw anyone like that with a SIDA badge…
One ‘incident’ one of the guys had last week at SFO was rather interesting, he was coming back from NRT via SFO and snuck down to have a cigarette on the lower level of SFO. He said he walked out of the terminal and saw four Muslim males with taqiyah and full beards. They were huddling in a corner out of sight of anyone from inside the terminal, and only visible from the street. He said when he ‘surprised’ the four, they immediately stopped their conversation and moved off in different directions, and ALL of them glared at him as they walked by (and all of them had SIDA badges.
I do remember running across a couple of males at LAX out in the parking lot as I walked across to the USO, and they glared at me and moved off as soon as I walked out of the stairwell in the garage. They also had SIDA badges and appeared to work for one of the airlines.
With everything going on right now, and the DOD/DOS travel warnings, and knowing how lax TSA is with folks with SIDA badges (at least at IAD), I can’t help but wonder if ‘things’ are moving in and out of secure areas without anyone being the wiser…
Are we being too paranoid???
Your thoughts/comments please!
But, that segued into a discussion of the number of devout Muslims working at US and other airports. And the ‘perception’ that all of us had that the numbers are increasing and both the women wearing the Hijab and men wearing the Taqiyah (many with full beards) are either controlling access/providing ‘information’ to working security lines or working inside the SIDA with full access badges. I know IAD has a high number with many more ‘open’ about their faith.
Others we’d been through in the last month included LAX, SFO, SEA, EWR, ATL, PHL, HNL, DIA, JFK, ORD, SYD, PER, LHR, MUC, FRA, FCO and CDG. In the US, all of the airports listed seemed to have ‘similar’ sets working much like IAD does. In Europe it appears there are less, and they are more ‘closely’ watched by security/police and are fewer inside the SIDAs. In Australia, I don’t think I ever saw anyone like that with a SIDA badge…
One ‘incident’ one of the guys had last week at SFO was rather interesting, he was coming back from NRT via SFO and snuck down to have a cigarette on the lower level of SFO. He said he walked out of the terminal and saw four Muslim males with taqiyah and full beards. They were huddling in a corner out of sight of anyone from inside the terminal, and only visible from the street. He said when he ‘surprised’ the four, they immediately stopped their conversation and moved off in different directions, and ALL of them glared at him as they walked by (and all of them had SIDA badges.
I do remember running across a couple of males at LAX out in the parking lot as I walked across to the USO, and they glared at me and moved off as soon as I walked out of the stairwell in the garage. They also had SIDA badges and appeared to work for one of the airlines.
With everything going on right now, and the DOD/DOS travel warnings, and knowing how lax TSA is with folks with SIDA badges (at least at IAD), I can’t help but wonder if ‘things’ are moving in and out of secure areas without anyone being the wiser…
Are we being too paranoid???
Your thoughts/comments please!
Well, I made it home in one piece, but I think my body clock fell out somewhere between Sydney and LA on the way back…
Not that I was grumpy at work today or anything… Nah, not me…
Sigh…
And due to the ‘people’ I was dealing with today, this could have been my mantra ALL day!
A woman shopping in a supermarket repeatedly came across a grandfather and his totally obnoxious 3 or 4 year-old grandson. The kid was yelling for sweets in the candy aisle, then he wanted ice cream in the freezer section. Cookies in the cookie aisle. All during these episodes she’d hear the Grandfather saying very calmly, “Take it easy William…….Cool it William it won’t be much longer…..William we’re almost finished try to calm down.”
After one particularly loud outburst, and she heard the Granddad calmly say, “It’s okay, William, just a couple more minutes and we’ll be out of here. Hang in there boy.” At the checkout the little terror was throwing items out of the cart, and Granddad said again
in a very low key voice, “William, William, relax buddy, don’t get upset. We’ll be home in five minutes William.”
The woman, very impressed with the Grandfather’s demeanor, was on her way to her car when she realized the the man was parked right next to her. She felt compelled to compliment the man. She said to the elderly gentleman, “It’s none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don’t know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive the boy got you just calmly kept saying things would be okay.
William is very lucky to have you as his grandpa.” “Thanks,” said the grandfather, “but I’m William …….this little prick’s name is Kevin.”
And this one is my favorite “Empty Chair”… LOL
Leave it up to a bunch of grunts to get it right…
And I’m working on a post from the flight back to IAD last night; but I’ve gotta take all the four letter words out of it first…