Tuesday, 14 July 2009
News..........
Warzone too hot for helicopters. Heads must start to roll at the MoD.
Stimulus: Millions in grants, tons of scrutiny. Lot of money spent on bugger all.
New army chief: I need more men. We need to restore our military to 1989 levels.
A plague of politicians. 30,000 of the assholes.
Britain blocked arms sales to Israel during Gaza offensive. Which Foreign Orifice idiot dreamt that up.
CIA drew up plans to assassinate al-Qaeda leaders. Good.
Giant golf course to open in Australian outback. Cool.
Nullarbor Links: Hole by hole. Going to need a bigger buggy.
Zimbabwe constitutional conference broken up by riot police. Mugabe isn't going to give up power without a fight.
Army asked for 2,000 extra troops. Government sent 700. Send all MPs to Afghanistan's frontline for a look see.
Parents face fees increase as schools fail the charitable status test. Class war by the backdoor.
Al Qaeda vows revenge on China after riots.
Indian Army uses 10 million rupees of defence budget on golf carts. Shhhh. You will give the MoD ideas.
Brown took cheap option despite plea for boost to troops. This could be the end of Brown.
and finally
Mark Evison: 'We are walking a tightrope in Afghanistan'. The journal of one of our tropps killed in Afghanistan.
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Basic Skills For Women
1. Know which devices are controlled by each remote control
2. Start a petrol-powered lawnmower
3. Crochet a hat
4. Create a frequency distribution in Excel by using a pivot table
5. Prepare huevos rancheros
6. Speak a few sentences in French
7. Reinstall Windows without losing everything
8. Give a good backrub
9. Use all the features on their digital camera
10.Parallel park
11.Create a custom ringtone and upload it to your their phone
12.Hang pictures on the wall
13.Use Google efficiently
14.Cut hair
H/T DML
Don't Fish Too Close to the Water ! ! !
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The Snub
"Remember when Obama slyly gave Hillary the single digit salute in a campaign speech, and his fans in the audience laughed their heads off?
"I've been thinking about that inspiring moment in American politics. I can't imagine any other president doing it, ever. Lincoln wouldn't have done it to Douglas; Jefferson wouldn't have dreamt of doing it to Madison. Even Bill Clinton wouldn't have done it, at least in public. Dick Morris wrote a book describing Bill Clinton clowning it up in the Oval after lying to the public about taxes. But even Clinton got his malignant yucks in private." James Lewis, The Trickster
Learn from Russia, America, the proper way to handle these things!
Monday, 13 July 2009
George H. W. Bush lands on the USS Bush....
On May 26, 2009, namesake former President George H. W. Bush was airlifted aboard the USS Bush for a one day visit. It had been his greatest wish to watch flight operations from the flight deck of the navy's newest nuclear powered aircraft carrier and to meet the Sailors. As a decorated former naval aviator in World War II, this has a special significance for him. He was accompanied by his daughter (and the ship's sponsor) "Doro" Bush Koch.
They observed flight ops from the flight deck and the bridge, dined with officers in the Flag Mess and watched night flight ops from the Flag Bridge . The next morning he dined in the Chief's Mess and was escorted around, meeting and greeting Sailors. Finally, we had the crew assembled in hangar bay 2. The CO pointed out that June 12th is his birthday (he'll be 85 years old) and nearly 2,500 Sailors sang happy birthday to him. He then swore in re-enlistees and read the promotion orders to all recently advanced Sailors (and there were a bunch of them). Lastly, he spoke to the crew. It was quite a moment - at the end of his short remarks, he looked up, paused for a second, and said "This ship means the world to me.." and he then broke down for a few seconds. There wasn't a dry eye in the hangar bay. He then continued on and thanked every one of the crew for their service to the country and for making him proud as one of 'his' Sailors'.
This may have been the first time in US Navy history that a ship's namesake (certainly an aircraft carrier) not only was alive at the time of commissioning, but was healthy enough to go aboard when the ship was at sea. 
H/T Shelly
Some old and some new Military Quotes...........
"If the enemy is in range, so are you." -Infantry Journal
"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.." -U.S. Air Force Manual
"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." -General MacArthur
"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me." -U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt.
"Tracers work both ways." -U.S.. Army Ordnance
"Five second fuses only last three seconds." -Infantry Journal
"Any ship can be a minesweeper.. Once."
"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." -Unknown Marine Recruit
Clean it, if it's Dirty. Oil it, if it Squeaks. But: Don't Screw with it, if it Works! -USAF Electronic Technician
"If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him." -USAF - Ammo Troop
"Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."
-"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." -test pilot Paul F. Crickmore
Latitude is Where We are Lost, & Longitude is How Long We've been Lost There! -USAF Navy-guesser (Navigator)
"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."
"If the wings are travelling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- however, it's probably unsafe in any case .."
"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."
"Even with ammunition, the USAF is just another expensive flying club ." -Unknown disgruntled Grunt
"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies;
If ATC screws up, ..... The pilot dies."
"Never trade luck for skill.
The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are:
"Why is it doing that?"
"Where are we?" and
"Oh Shit!"
" Airspeed, altitude and brains........Two out of three are needed to successfully complete the flight."
"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you." -Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." -Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."
"You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes FULL Power to taxi to the terminal."
As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft , having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives; the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, "What happened?"
The pilot's reply: "I don 't know, I just got here myself!"
H/T DML
News.....
I have written about the Army for 40 years but I've never known such bitterness. by Max Hastings.
Gordon Brown criticised after the death of eight soldiers. He has deliberately with malice aforethough wrecked our military. Time he was held to account.
British population to pass 70 million, forecasts Migrationwatch. Could be time to leave.
Cars to be started by lasers instead of spark plugs. Surprised it's taken so long to develop.
Iran 'linked' to Iraqi group holding British hostages. No s**t.
Dresden zoo forced to rename primate called 'Obama'. I pity the poor creature who had to live with the name Obama.
Britain's transport system braced for £30 billion funding shortfall. Another failure from Labour.
Generals rebuffed in plea for more Helmand forces. This could be the thing that brings down Labour.
Brown banned ‘swine flu’ aide from G8 summit. A spot of swine flu amongst that lot would have done us all a favour.
Kim Jong Il 'has pancreatic cancer'. Kim Jong very Ill.
El Niño is back, bringing droughts, floods, crop failures and social unrest. And it will be blamed on global warming.
Government honours veterans of Bletchley Park at last. About time.
British Army vehicles must withstand Taleban test in Afghanistan. First we have to get them out there.
Display of US military hardware that puts Britain to shame. We MUST double the defence budget and get rid of the idiots at the MoD.
England hold on to force thrilling draw in Cardiff. Way too close for comfort.
