Obama has really screwed up.....
Important perspective of Brigitte Gabriel on Iran and Obama
H/T David G
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran is 'guarantor' of Mid East security
US-Iranian journalist jailed for eight years for 'spying' in Tehran. A hostage by any other words.
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Iran going to run riot............
Drugs for Women......
DAMNITOL
Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 full hours.
EMPTYNESTROGEN
Suppository that eliminates melancholy and loneliness by reminding you of how awful they were as teenagers and how you couldn't wait til they moved out.
ST. MOMMA'S WORT
Plant extract that treats mom's depression by rendering preschoolers unconscious for up to two days.
PEPTOBIMBO
Liquid silicone drink for single women. Two full cups swallowed before an evening out increases breast size, decreases intelligence, and prevents conception.
DUMBEROL
When taken with Peptobimbo, can cause dangerously low IQ, resulting in enjoyment of country music and pickup trucks.
FLIPITOR
Increases life expectancy of commuters by controlling road rage and the urge to flip off other drivers.
MENICILLIN
Potent anti-boy-otic for older women. Increases resistance to such lethal lines as, "You make me want to be a better person."
BUYAGRA
Injectable stimulant taken prior to shopping. Increases potency, duration, and credit limit of spending spree.
JACKASSPIRIN
Relieves headache caused by a man who can't remember your birthday, anniversary, phone number, or to lift the toilet seat.
ANTI-TALKSIDENT
A spray carried in a handbag to be used on anyone too eager to share their life stories with total strangers in lifts.
NAGAMENT
When administered to a boyfriend or husband, provides the same irritation level as nagging him.
H/T DML
Headlines.....
Gordon Brown hopes to boost popularity with appearance on Britain’s Got Talent.
Wembley Stadium to be powered by ‘Mexican Wave energy’.
Shopkeeper only pretending not to speak English when UKIP MEP comes in.
Scalextric fan ecstatic at news of £5,000 electric car subsidies.
H/T DML
Monday is F.O.D........
H/T Paul B
F**k Obama Day started out as a joke, but has grown into a movement.If you agree that Obama is ruining the United States of America. Together we can show the federal government that we want them to stay the hell out of our lives and get back to what the founding fathers intended. Individual Freedom!
Oh for f**ks sake.....
Now BBC health and safety mandarins won't let three of the world's toughest men light a stove in case they have accident. It's a good series. Hopefully it will be shown on BBC America.
Commie Love-fest.....
H/T Shelly who writes 'I just don't get how our President can shake hands so warmly with a Fascist, anti-American, anti-Semitic prick like Hugo Chavez.
There is a reason that people are fleeing Venezuela.
Diplomacy is one thing but the message sent through these photos is really unbelievable and frankly inappropriate!!'
The real story of Obama's decision making with the hostages...
(From a Marine that lives just outside Coronado where the Seals train. He uses the Coronado Officers’ club.)
Having spoken to some SEAL pals yesterday and asking why this thing dragged out for 4 days, I got the following:
1. BHO wouldn't authorize the DEVGRU/NSWC SEAL teams to the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (on scene commander) recommendation.
2. Once they arrived, BHO imposed restrictions on their ROE that they couldn't do anything unless the hostage's life was in "imminent" danger
3. The first time the hostage jumped, the SEALS had the raggies all sighted in, but could not fire due to ROE restriction
4. When the navy RIB came under fire as it approached with supplies, no fire was returned due to ROE restrictions. As the raggies were shooting at the RIB, they were exposed and the SEALS had them all dialed in.
5. BHO specifically denied two rescue plans developed by the Bainbridge CPN and SEAL teams
6. Bainbridge CPN and SEAL team CDR finally decide they have the OpArea and OSC authority to solely determine risk to hostage. 4 hours later, 3 dead raggies
7. BHO immediately claims credit for his "daring and decisive" behaviour. As usual with him, it's BS.
So per our last email thread, I'm downgrading Oohbaby's performace to D-. Only reason it's not an F is that the hostage survived.
Read the following accurate account.
Philips’ first leap into the warm, dark water of the Indian Ocean hadn’t worked out as well. With the Bainbridge in range and a rescue by his country’s Navy possible, Philips threw himself off of his lifeboat prison, enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a clear shot at his captors — and none was taken.
The guidance from National Command Authority — the president of the United States, Barack Obama — had been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the hostage’s life was in clear, extreme danger.
The next day, a small Navy boat approaching the floating raft was fired on by the Somali pirates — and again no fire was returned and no pirates killed. This was again due to the cautious stance assumed by Navy personnel thanks to the combination of a lack of clear guidance from Washington and a mandate from the commander in chief’s staff not to act until Obama, a man with no background of dealing with such issues and no track record of decisiveness, decided that any outcome other than a “peaceful solution” would be acceptable.
After taking fire from the Somali kidnappers again Saturday night, the on scene commander decided he’d had enough.
Keeping his authority to act in the case of a clear and present danger to the hostage’s
life and having heard nothing from Washington since yet another request to mount a rescue operation had been denied the day before, the Navy officer, Commander Frank Castellano, — unnamed in most media reports to date — decided the AK47 one captor had leveled at Philips’ back was a threat to the hostage’s life and ordered the NSWC team to take their shots.
Three rounds downrange later, all three brigands became enemy KIA and Philips was safe.
There is upside, downside, and spinside to the series of events over the last week that culminated in yesterday’s dramatic rescue of an American hostage.
Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the Obama administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates in the Indian Ocean and [1] declared that the dramatic end to the standoff put paid to questions of the inexperienced president’s toughness and decisiveness.
Despite the Obama administration’s (and its sycophants’) attempt to spin yesterday’s success as a result of bold, decisive leadership by the inexperienced president, the reality is nothing of the sort. What should have been a standoff lasting only hours — as long as it took the USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC operators to steam to the location — became an embarrassing four day and counting standoff between a ragtag handful of criminals with rifles and a U.S. Navy warship.
H/T Peter Gunn
Beer Troubleshooting....................
Symptom: Feet cold and wet.
Cause: Glass being held at incorrect angle.
Solution: Rotate glass so that open end points toward ceiling.
Symptom: Feet warm and wet.
Cause: Improper bladder control.
Solution: Stand next to nearest dog, complain about house training.
Symptom: Beer unusually pale and tasteless.
Cause: Glass empty.
Solution: Get someone to buy you another beer.
Symptom: Opposite wall covered with fluorescent lights.
Cause: You have fallen over backward.
Solution: Have yourself leashed to bar.
Symptom: Mouth contains cigarette butts.
Cause: You have fallen forward.
Solution: See above.
Symptom: Beer tasteless, front of your shirt is wet.
Cause: Mouth not open, or glass applied to wrong part of face.
Solution: Retire to restroom, practice in mirror.
Symptom: Floor blurred.
Cause: You are looking through bottom of empty glass.
Solution: Get someone to buy you another beer.
Symptom: Floor moving.
Cause: You are being carried out.
Solution: Find out if you are being taken to another bar.
Symptom: Room seems unusually dark.
Cause: Bar has closed.
Solution: Confirm home address with bartender.
Symptom: Taxi suddenly takes on colorful aspect and textures.
Cause: Beer consumption has exceeded personal limitations.
Solution: Cover mouth.
H/T Dick B
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Friday, 17 April 2009
Bedtime Totty......
...apologies for the light posting. Spud planting should be finished by Wednesday at the latest and then full service will be restored.
Video: Islamic Crusades 6: India's Millennial Burden
See the rest of this series at Occidental Soapbox
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BLONDE'S DIARY ON A CRUISE SHIP......
DEAR DIARY: DAY 1
All packed for the cruise ship - all my sexiest dresses and make-up. Really excited.
DEAR DIARY: DAY 2
Entire day at sea, beautiful and saw whales and dolphins.
Met the Captain today - seems a very nice man.
DEAR DIARY: DAY 3
At the pool today. Also some shuffle boarding and hit golf balls off the deck. Captain invited me to join him at his table for dinner. Felt honored and had a wonderful
time. He is very attractive and attentive.
DEAR DIARY: DAY 4
Won $800.00 in the ship's casino. Captain asked me to have dinner with him in his own cabin. Had a luxurious meal complete with caviar and champagne. He asked me
to stay the night but I declined. Told him I could not be unfaithful to my husband.
DEAR DIARY: DAY 5
Pool again today, got sun burnt, and went inside to drink at piano bar for rest of day. Captain saw me, bought me several large drinks. Really is charming. Again asked me to visit his cabin for the night. Again I declined. He told me if I did not let him have his way with me he would sink the ship. I was shocked.
DEAR DIARY: DAY 6
Today I saved 1,600 lives.
Twice.
H/T J Rix
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Thursday, 16 April 2009
Fife @ Augusta Tea Party
Filmed and edited by my dear wife Kim. 8-)
Nothing wrong with a little music at these things now is there?
DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS.......from Rico
I SENT THIS ARTICLE TO MYSELF, BUT exPLORER FLAGGED IT AS A "DANGEROUS" E-MAIL.
WELL, IT WAS NOT IN THE TECH-WORLD-E-MAIL SENSE. IT'S CLEAN AS A WHISTLE...NO BUGS, WORMS, VIRAL ANYTHING.
THIS MAY VERY WELL BE "DANGEROUS" IN TERMS OF RATIONAL THOUGHT [READ: IDEAS] ...ESPECIALLY TO THE COMMUNISTS LIKE OF OBAMA-REID-PELOSI. STALIN AND MARX WOULD DEFINITELY NOT APPROVE OF THIS THINKING EITHER, AND WOULD AGREE IT WAS "DANGEROUS" AND NEEDED TO BE SUPPRESSED BY THE KGB-LUBYANKA-GULAG-KATYN FOREST 'SCENARIO' (BUT MORE ABOUT JANET NAPOLITANO SEPARATELY).
THE TRADITIONAL VALUES [READ: LIBERTY] OF A FREE AMERICAN PEOPLE:
- MORE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
- LESS AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT
- LOWER TAXES
HAVE BEEN DEEMED "RADICAL" AND "EXTREMIST" BY THE MOST RADICAL-AND-EXTREMIST GOVERNMENT IN OUR HISTORY [READ: FLAMING, LEFT-WING COMMIES AND THEIR SOCIALIST FELLOW-TRAVELERS] AND THEIR VALUES:
- GOVERNMENT OVER THE PEOPLE
- THE COLLECTIVE OVER THE INDIVIDUAL
- NO FREEDOM THEY DO NOT "APPROVE" OF
- INTRUSIVE AND ALL-CONTROLLING BIG GOVERNMENT
HAVE NOW BEEN ELEVATED IN STATURE AND DEEMED "NORMAL" ...WELL, THE LUNATICS ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM,, THE MONKEYS THE ZOO,.......AWWWW HELL, THEY'RE ALL COMMUNIST ASSHOLES AND MORONS! THEY HAVE CERTAINLY "WOKEN" THE PROVERBIAL SLEEPING GIANT AND CREATED A LOT OF SO-CALLED "RADICALS" [READ: SAM ADAMS, TOM PAYNE, et al] IN THIS GENERATION!
I. AM. NOT. AMUSED. OR GOING TO FORGIVE-AND-FORGET.
RICO
PS - THE TEXAN "COME AND TAKE IT" FLAG ONCE FLOWN FOR THE 'BENEFIT' OF SANTA ANNA'S MEXICAN ARMY COMES TO MIND NOW FOR SOME REASON...
Read the Article Perry fires up anti-tax crowd
Headlines.....
Tony Blair to brief new White House pet puppy on his duties.
Procrastinator of the Year Awards postponed again.
Shoppers left confused after local pet store fails to provide clear mission statement.
Fleet Street christens email smear furore ‘What-a-Git scandal’.
Receivers called in as government declares moral bankruptcy.
Free patio heater to be offered with every electric car purchase.
Daily Mail furious as French trawlers block supply of illegal immigrant stories.
H/T DML
Tea Party St Paul....
crowd estimated at 8-10,000, very successful party.. The local news coverage was virtually nil... They ignore us at their eventual peril..
H/T Jeff H
Here are a few definitions to clear up some of the confusion around military terminology....
You see, all people in the Army are soldiers, all privates are soldiers, but not all soldiers are privates. Some are officers who are commissioned, but some are officers who are not commissioned. Obviously if every private was called private it would be confusing, so some privates are called things like trooper, driver, gunner, craftsmen, sapper or signaller. Not all of the drivers actually drive because some of them cook, but we don’t call them cooks, for that matter, not all drivers are called drivers – some of them are privates or gunners. Gunners as I’m sure you know are the guys that fire guns, unless of course they are drivers or signallers in which case we call them gunners rather than drivers or signallers just to make it clearer. All gunners belong to the artillery, except that in the infantry we have gunners who are called privates because they fire a different sort of gun, for the same reason we call our drivers and signallers private as well.
A Lance Corporal is called Corporal, unless he is a Lance Bombardier then we call him Bombardier to distinguish him from a full Bombardier, who is just like a Corporal. All other ranks are called by their rank for the sake of simplicity except that Staff Sergeants are called Staff, but they are not on the staff, some Warrant Officers, who are not officers, are called Sergeant Major although they are not Sergeants or Majors. Some Warrant Officers are called Mister which is the same thing that we call some officers but they are not Warrant Officers. A Lieutenant is also called Mister because they are subalterns, but we always write their rank as Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant, and second comes before first.
When we talk about groups of soldiers there obviously has to be clear distinction. We call them Officers and Soldiers although we know that officers are soldiers too, sometimes we talk about officers and other ranks which is the same as calling them soldiers. I guess it is easiest when we talk about rank and file which is all the troops on parade except the officers and some of the NCOs – and a few of the privates – and the term is used whether everyone is on parade or not. A large unit is called a battalion, unless it is a regiment but sometimes a regiment is much bigger than a battalion and then it has nothing to do with the other sort of regiment. Sub units are called companies unless they are squadrons or troops or batteries for that matter. That is not radio batteries and don’t confuse this type of troop with the type who are soldiers but not officers.
Mostly the Army is divided into Corps as well as units, not the sort of Corps which is a couple of divisions but the sort which tells you straight away what trade each man performs, whether he is a tradesmen or not. The Infantry Corps has all the infantrymen for example and the Artillery Corps has all the gunners. Both these Corps also have signallers and drivers except those who are in the Signals or Transport Corps. Both these Corps provide a special service and that’s why the Transport Corps provides cooks. In fact the Signals Corps is not a service at all because it is an Arm. Arms do all the fighting, although Signals don’t have to fight too much, rather like the Engineers who are also an Arm but they don’t fight too much either.
So you see, it’s really quite simple.
Regards
Peter (ex digger)
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