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Lighten up, Francis

2009-08-27T08:36:00.002-04:00

James Joyner writes today about a joke told by General David Petraeus at the Air Force's expense. As James puts it, some unidentified ponytailed desk jockey at the Air Force Association got his panties in a bunch and fired out a stern whine about the "offensiveness � and un-jointness � of [Gen Petraeus's] comments." All I can say is...puh-leeze! It sure looks to me like the writer of that Air Force Association piece never spent much time in a true joint environment. We rag on each other all...

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Update

2009-07-21T13:22:00.002-04:00

Someone keeps buggin' me for an update, so, here's an update. mmKay, Rhi? :p

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To Mr Obama

2008-11-05T00:06:00.001-05:00

I congratulate you, and wish you good luck. And may God have mercy on our souls.

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Neighborhood sightings

2008-09-25T09:20:00.002-04:00

Last night I saw a 4-point (I think) buck across the street from my house. We stared at each other for a bit while I muttered, "Soon, Bambi. Real soon."

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Never forget

2008-09-11T08:46:00.001-04:00

Today's the day. The day we woke up to the fact that we were at war. We'd actually been at war for many years, but we just didn't know it. Some folks started suspecting that there was something very wrong at 8:46 AM, when American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the north face of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. When United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the south face of the South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03 AM, a whole lot of people knew immediately that the world...

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Where were you?

2008-09-09T23:16:00.004-04:00

Hmm, where do I start? I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned it here before, but I've been playing World of Warcraft for over two years now. I only mention that now to explain why I read Matt's blog. I was intrigued by one of Matt's recent posts, so I'm going to pick up on his meme and answer the same questions he did. The question I'm answering is, where were you when these historic events occurred (adding a few of my own, since I'm an old fart, unlike Matt, who's a young fart. And Canadian....

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Where's my cane?

2008-09-09T10:00:00.002-04:00

I just came to the realization that once our next President is inaugurated, for the first time in my life I'll be older than either the President or the Vice President. Oh, my.

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A few things

2008-09-08T20:09:00.003-04:00

First off, hie thee over to Beldar's blog to watch a powerful video. This is a straightforward explanation why many of us military types have always supported, and continue to support, our efforts in Iraq. It also plainly points out why Senator Obama has no clue what it's all about. Changing gears a bit, Bingo, one of Bill's commenters on that post, complains that the background music for the end of that video, Lee Greenwood's "Proud To Be an American," is getting long in the tooth and...

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Comparative experience

2008-09-03T00:09:00.003-04:00

Let me be a bit snarky here. I know, I'm betraying my prejudices here, but please indulge me. Senator Obama is qualified to be President of The United States of America because he's been campaigning for that office for a very, very long time. At the same time, Sarah Palin is not qualified to be Vice President of the United States of America because she's only been mayor of a small town in Alaska for six years, plus Governor of Alaska for a year and a half. And Obama has more of the...

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Jerry Reed passes away at 71

2008-09-02T23:33:00.004-04:00

James Joyner informs us that Jerry Reed has passed away. As I can be a little slow at these things, I'm thinking, "Jerry Reed...Jerry Reed...how do I remember him?" "When You're Hot, You're Hot." "Eastbound and Down." "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)." "The Bird." And of course, "Smokey and the Bandit." Yes, I grew up with Jerry Reed. Although my default reaction to any question along the lines of "Do you like country music?" usually involves retching, it's an overreaction. Country...

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A change in the current

2008-08-31T01:24:00.004-04:00

Via Kim Priestap: "The smart liberals are worried. The dumb ones think they've won." May I be so bold to tweak that quote: "The smart liberals are worried. The dumb ones think they've won. The smart conservatives know they've won."

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Arsenio Hall on John Edwards

2008-08-30T00:09:00.002-04:00

Arsenio Hall on The Tonight Show, talking about former Senator, Vice Presidential nominee and Presidential candidate John Edwards: "He's a douchebag." We don't agree on much, Arsenio, but we agree on that.

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Looking further down the line

2008-08-29T17:16:00.004-04:00

And Tam considers the same point that came to me shortly after learning of Gov Palin's selection as Sen McCain's running mate: President Palin in 2012. That would be teh awsum. In so many ways.

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Not to say "I told you so"

2008-08-29T17:03:00.002-04:00

Umm, Kevin? It looks like McCain wreaked havoc with your prediction, pardner. At least you can console yourself that she'll be a great VP.

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Democratic National Convention

2008-08-27T12:00:00.003-04:00

How about this? You watch it, then tell me about it, so I don't have to, mmkay?

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Losing my respect

2008-08-22T08:30:00.006-04:00

I spent much of my Navy career flying in reconnaissance aircraft. This meant that I had to go to SERE school, where they tried to prepare us for the undesirable yet unlikely event of being captured by the enemy. I know that what I went through pales in comparison to what our POWs suffered during the Vietnam War, and I yield to no man in my respect for those that suffered at the hands of the North Vietnamese during that conflict. But for crying out loud, "I was a POW" is not the answer to...

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Iraq is a mess

2008-08-21T23:02:00.002-04:00

Dave Price details why Iraq is a quagmire. Note to the Irony Impaired: the above sentence is an example of what we call sarcasm.

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Not paranoid

2008-08-21T17:57:00.001-04:00

I read a quote from Woody Allen the yesterday in a post by Dave Schuler over at Outside the Beltway, and I wanted to capture it here. Yes, Woody Allen can manage to be hugely unfunny at times, but this one tickles me. Paraphrasing: what�s a three syllable word beginning with 'P' that means you think that everybody�s out to get you? Perceptive.

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Blogger gets scheduled posts

2008-08-21T11:00:00.000-04:00

Somewhere along the way during my blogging hiatus, Blogger added the ability to schedule the publishing of a post for a future time (presumably, a future date, too). So while I wrote this post at about 6 a.m., it didn't show up on my blog until five hours later. Just what I wanted. Now, if I can just remember why I wanted it...

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Just leave already!

2008-08-20T17:13:00.000-04:00

Why is it that libruls claim they're going to leave the US if they don't get their way? Various Democrats made such statements for each of the last two Presidential elections. With some polls saying that Obama is now trailing McCain, and I see that several lower profile folks are saying the same thing (scroll down to the comments) for this election. If only these guys actually meant what they say...

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Enough already with the John Edwards coverage

2008-08-09T12:18:00.003-04:00

I don't like former Senator and Presidential candidate John Edwards as a politician, and I have a feeling I wouldn't care too much for him in person, either. But more than anything, he's not important to me. Don't get me wrong, it's newsworthy that he has publicly admitted his affair, conducted during his Presidential campaign and while his wife was continuing her battle with cancer. And I don't believe him for a second when he says he's not Frances Hunter's father. But I just don't care....

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Nothing new here, move along

2008-08-06T23:24:00.001-04:00

Y'know, the problem is that so many other folks on teh Intarw3bz cover all of the interesting stuff so well, that there's really nothing new I can add. Except for the fact that Brett Favre is an idiot. Retire, don't retire, I don't care, but once you make a freakin' decision, stick with it, Brett. Now, you're just an indecisive whiner.

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It's alive!

2008-07-28T11:41:00.001-04:00

Yes, it's been forever. I expect to be posting a tad more in the near future. Like anyone cares. :p

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The definition of "insanity"

2008-05-12T10:28:00.003-04:00

The other day, I helped a new housemate get his computer connected to my wireless network. I wrote down my unconscionably long, complex password for connecting to the wireless router (something along the lines of "Ud8294mE8P"), double-checked it, and then we started the process of getting Windows XP to connect his computer to the network. Everything seemed to work right, except Windows couldn't get an IP address from the router. This can be fairly painful due to the wait for the timeout to...

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Music and me

2008-05-04T15:14:00.004-04:00

Dadman over at Cosmic Conservative often posts YouTube performances by musicians from the 70s. He and Cosmic have a friendly debate going on about which decade, the 60s or the 70s, produced the best music. I choose to stay out of that one, because I love music from both those eras (as well as all the later ones). Today Dadman puts up one of my favorites of all time, Steely Dan's Do It Again. As I was listening to it, I started to wonder why I hardly ever listen to music, despite the fact that...

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