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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)
Light News.....
BBC rebukes its Middle East correspondent Jeremy Bowen for anti-Israel comments. Sack him.
British bomber 'fighting for the Taliban against British soldiers'. Hunt him down and kill him.
President of the World. VDH on the impending disaster of Obambi's foreign policy
Appalling Cruelty: Man Jailed For Hanging Dog. Hang him.
The Anti-Success Presidency.. Obama is anti everything that made America great.
Civil servants exaggerated threat to national security in Damian Green affair. More dodgy dealings from Number 10.
Skoda voted number one car in UK. WTF!!
French navy intercepts Somali pirate 'mother ship'. Nice one.
Afghan women dare to challenge sex slavery law. Good for them.
Land grab spreads to South Africa as mob seizes farm. As predicted.
and finally.....
Paraguayan bishop-turned-prez admits paternity. Our politicians are never this much fun.
Doctors Notes....
1. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
2. On the 2nd day the knee was better and on the 3rd day it disappeared completely.
3. She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
4. The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1993.
5. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
6. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
7. Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
8. The patient refused an autopsy.
9. The patient has no past history of suicides.
10. Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.
11. Patient’s past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
12. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
13. Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.
14. Since she can’t get pregnant with her husband, I thought you might like to work her up.
15. She is numb from her toes down.
16. While in the ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.
17. The skin was moist and dry.
18. Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.
19. Patient was alert and unresponsive.
20. Rectal exam revealed a normal size thyroid. (ouch!)
21. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her adult life, until she got a divorce.
22. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
23. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.
24. Exam of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
25. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.
26. The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead.
27. Skin: Somewhat pale but present.
28. The pelvic examination will be done later on the floor.
29. Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.
30. Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.
31. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
H/T DML
Child Benefit....
A scouser goes to the council to register for child benefit.
“How many children?” asks the council worker.
“10″ replies the woman.
“10?” says the council worker. “What are their names?”
“Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne and Wayne” she answers.
“What? They’ve all got the same name?” says the council worker,
“Doesn’t that get confusing?”
“Don’t be soft,” says the scouse woman, “It’s great - if they’re out playing in the street I just have to yell ‘WAAAAAYNE, YER DINNERS READY’ or ‘WAAAAAAYNE GO TO BED NOW YER SOFT LAD!’ and they all do it.”
“But what if you want to speak to one individually?” asks the perturbed council worker.
“That’s easy,” says the Scouse woman “I just use their surnames.”
H/T DML
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