Twenty Knot Tommy

From Target: Babies in Open, Fire For Effect.
What we refer to as a Sea Story.
This is a funny one. And I have never been to NavSta Charleston. No birdfarms there.
http://babesinopen.blogspot.com/2011/09/twenty-knot-tommy.html

State & Local Michigan Bar Owners Bounce Lawmakers to Protest Smoking Ban

It opens with these two paragraphs------------

Some days, politicians could use a drink. But lawmakers in Michigan may soon find it harder to get one. 

Hundreds of bar owners in the Great Lakes State plan to deprive lawmakers of their hospitality by banning them from their establishments in protest of the state's smoking ban. 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/25/michigan-bar-owners-to-blacklist-lawmakers-in-protest-smoking-ban/#ixzz1W6zbBXvt

Harper stirs controversy with military name change

This was up at the Washington Examiner.
Seems the lefties are a bit upset with the return to tradition.

Canadians were thrilled when Prince William and Kate traveled across the country on their first official trip as a married couple. They barely noticed when their pro-monarchy Conservative prime minister appointed Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, an honorary admiral on his 90th birthday.

But Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to restore the royal name to the Canadian armed forces and other recent moves to embrace the monarchy have raised hackles in this former British colony that has largely been indifferent to the fact that the queen remains the titular head of state.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/2011/08/harper-stirs-controversy-military-name-change-0#ixzz1VgW0UVK2

Aerial Refuelling: Tracking Boeing's Triumph

From Air Force Technology:


......Aerial refuelling capability has been an important component of modern air forces since the US Air Force's extensive use of the KC-135 Stratotanker during the Vietnam War......

http://www.airforce-technology.com/features/feature118120/

The Canadian Forces names: A mark of respect....UPDATE

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

Published Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 6:09PM EDT

This one was at Hookers and Booze!

The Conservative government's decision to restore the traditional designations of the Canadian Forces; the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is a welcome move that recognizes a reality that has been long ignored by officialdom: The decades-long attempt to erase the historic designations, and unique identities, of the RCN, Canadian Army and RCAF was a failure.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-canadian-forces-names-a-mark-of-respect/article2130372/


Today Deb at Murphy and Other Stories had this post up
http://murphyandotherstories.blogspot.com/2011/08/from-oped-pages-of-calgary-herald_19.html
Alberta Girl. Family has a history in the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. 

Taking The Jewish Guillt Out of Disliking Obama..............by Dan Friedman

Short piece with an excellent link almost at the end.
This Jew did not vote for obama and will not next year. I can't stand him.
I last voted for a Democratic candidate for president in 1972 when I was eighteen and did not know any better.
http://www.theospark.net/2011/08/taking-jewish-guillt-out-of-disliking.html

GO TELL THE SPARTANS

From Stormbringer comes this. A day late but an excellent read!


ON THIS DAY in 480 BC, Leonidas reaches Thermopylae with 300 Spartans and 700 Allies.
.............Thermopylae is one of the most famous battles of the ancient world, of course; it took place in northern Greece during the Persian Wars. The Greek forces, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, managed to hold out for three days against the forces of Persian king Xerxes I, said to have numbered "one million" but probably closer to 200,000. Still, the feat of the Spartans was remarkable. Eventually Leonidas released the other Greek forces and a small Spartan contingent remained behind to resist the advance. The Greeks were only defeated after a traitor betrayed a route by which the Persians were able to outflank them. Leonidas and the remaining members of his original 300 Spartans were killed to the last man............
http://seanlinnane.blogspot.com/2011/08/go-tell-spartans.html

NY Times: You Aren’t Buying CFLs Because You’re Stupid And Don’t Know Better

This was up at Pirate's Cove. Captain William Teach.
Intrusion into our daily lives, again and again and again and again.
http://www.thepiratescove.us/2011/08/12/ny-times-you-arent-buying-cfls-because-youre-stupid-and-dont-know-better/

11th Circuit Court strikes a blow for liberty and against ObamaCare

Courtesy of Sister Toldjah.
She had this most excellent post up concerning the 11th circuit ruling on the individual mandate in obamacare. The admin and the demcoms are very unhappy. And the topper? The opinion was written by a Clinton appointee! That has got to hurt!
The court in a 2-1 ruling (and in an opinion written by a Clinton appointee) declared the individual mandate portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional because it sets no limits to Congress’ reach:


http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2011/08/12/11th-circuit-court-strikes-a-blow-for-liberty-and-against-obamacare/ 

Word of Wisdom from Buck

He has a good one up at his place.
Worth the read.
A sample is provided. It should get you interested.

That would be me.  I seem to be unable to consolidate my excrement (he said, recycling an old military sayin') this morning and am just now beginning to make the blog-rounds.  In so doing I see Blog-Bud Dan noticed something that a lot of us on the right and proper side of the political divide have been seein' this weekend: the Left is beginning to whine, piss, and moan about Barry.  Publicly.  Loudly, too.  I dropped this comment at Dan's place a few minutes ago:

This buyer's remorse thing is contagious. I read a liberal whine and moan piece in the NYT this weekend that basically said Barry ain't got no passion and... on top of that... sucks at story telling. I kid thee not.

 The rest is at the link. Go. Read. Comment. Buck will like it.
http://exileinportales.blogspot.com/2011/08/off-to-slow-start.html

The Special Colour Jets of the German Air Force in 2008

From Airfighters.
I was just goofing off and there was this in the articles section.
Link and sample!
http://www.airfighters.com/page.php?id=82
Good pics here from three years ago.

Tornado of FBW 31 "Boelcke"

Unity before Diversity Gerald Butts

Facebook friend. This is good. Copied in it's entirety.

The following is a copy of the letter I sent to another member of my local Tea Party group in response to the question, "Can Muslims Be Good Americans?"   My Friend,   The following credo applies not only to Muslims, but to all minorities in this country. I have been ridiculed and laughed at all of my life for my beliefs. The Tea Party is a Godsend for me at the age of 53. I will try to state my life long beliefs as clearly as possible.   This country was founded by WASP's. White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. They are NOT superior to anyone. They just happen to be the founders of our society. They gave us a common culture; language, rule of law, faith in God. English, the Constitution and the Bible. This is the cornerstone of our society.   No matter how you arrived in this country you MUST adhere to its culture if you wish to be part of it. You are free to leave. Slavery was wrong. It is over. Forget about it. If you are still upset. Just leave.   The founding fathers lived under the tyranny of the British Empire and I believe they TRULY comprehended the evils of slavery and genocide. I TRULY believe they wanted to build a new nation where "all men are created equal".   The final conclusion is that every individual citizen must swear sole allegiance to the United State of America. This excludes people who have loyalties to any other culture. America is its own culture. When you come here and swear allegiance to it you leave behind any ethnicity you had. You are no longer British. You are no longer African. You are American. FIRST and ONLY.   If muslims, blacks, hispanics or any other group refuses to give up their previous ethnicity, they cannot be Americans. If they continue to live in our society as separate cultures then they are traitors guilty of treason and subject to any punishment the rightful citizens of the United States impose upon them. The time has come for Americans to declare their distinct ethnicity on the pages of history. So help me God.   your friend, Gerri    

Blog: Hard Hearts and Honor from American Thinker

Blog: Hard Hearts and Honor

Courtesy of Ann Kane.

Is the Muslim father who killed his six daughters out of "honor" representative of Islam? Does the political ideology of Islam give the dad of the family the right to kill his daughters because they go against custom and have boyfriends?

The rest is at the link above.

Truth- In short form...

From Old NFO. Good blogging friend to me and the one and only Snigs!
This is short and to the point.
So do yourself a favour and head on over and check it out.
Six short sentences that say it all:
http://oldnfo.blogspot.com/2011/07/truth-in-short-form.html

Buck's Voodoo Story

I do believe you all will get a kick out of this one.
It was sort of inspired by yours truly and the picture of the F-101 Voodoo at Century Circle at Edwards AFB Rosamond Gate.
And Buck is a masterful story teller!
Enjoy!
Blog Bud Buck, The Exile in Portales!

Kansas politicians, business leaders, aviation workers protest Obama's comments on business jets

Used to live and work in Wichita, in the aircraft industry. Got laid off right after the three stooges deemed corporate aircraft to be "evil." You know, obama, pelosi and reid, who have access to the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB.
This is from the fishwrap of record for Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas. But it has implications for the entire country.
Kansas politicians, business leaders, aviation workers protest Obama's comments on business jets
Kind of refreshing to see a union take Teh i Won to task, isn't it. I didn't think the IAM and AW had any character at all. But possibly some of those workers, some of whom I may know, have finally seen what is at stake.

Stolen from PIG!!!!! From The Twilight Zone!!!!!!

TALES FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE• • • • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

When, exactly did we get detached from objective reality and transported to the Twilight Zone, where every day is 'opposite day'.

Welcome to the inversion region of the Twilight Zone, PIGsters. If you're a regular visitor to this particular flight from objective reality, you're familiar with the rules of engagement. If you're a first timer, the inversion region of the Twilight Zone is a plane of existence where up is down, left is right and every day is opposite day. Opposite day might be an understatement, because the world all around us is stranger than that. How strange? Very, but you don't need to take our word for it. We the PIGs believe that the best way to wrap our minds around this plane of existence where everything is inverted, is to cite a some examples: Lead From Behind Messiah Barry's entire political career can be summed up in one word "present". It worked for him in the Illinois State Legislature. It worked for him in the United States Senate, and come hell or high water, he's going to make it work for him at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Prove it, you say? No problem. Consider this exchange between ABC News Nitwit, Jake Tapper and Barry's press secretary, Jay Carney: TAPPER: OK. The House is passing something that many observers feel would never pass the Senate and the president has said he would veto. The Senate is passing — the McConnell-Reid plan, it's not clear that that could pass the House. The Gang of Seven plan, it's not clear that that could pass the House. Would this not be an opportune time for a president to lead and say, this — CARNEY: Leadership is not proposing a planfor the sake of having it voted up or down, and likely voted down because it is — look, you know how this town works and how Congress works. If an individual, whether Democrat or Republican leader, steps forward and says, this is my plan and solely my plan, it makes it a lot harder for that plan to be the basis for a bipartisan compromise. (National Review Online, emphasis added) Barry demonstrates his Leadership skills by doing nothing? Seriously? That doesn't even make sense in the Twilight Zone. Narcissism University When Mexifornia's Elected Tormentors sealed the state's fate with its latest budget deal, one cost cutting move yanked money out of the U.C. system's budget. Faced with that inconvenient truth, the Ivory Towers in the U.C. System were confronted by some tough choices. UCSD eschewed the rational adult approach, which involves preserving core academic programs by trimming off the fat, and the fluff. Instead, UCSD officials poured more of their limited resources in to the fat and the fluff, by lopping off core academic programs. Gone: The master's program for electrical and computer engineering. The master's program in comparative literature. Courses in German, Spanish, and English Literature. A trio of prestigious cancer researchers who were lured away by Rice University. The researchers are also taking their coffers filling government research grants. Retained: The Chancellor's Diversity Office, Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Equity, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, the faculty equity advisors, the graduate diversity coordinators, the staff diversity liaison, the undergraduate student diversity liaison, the graduate student diversity liaison, the chief diversity officer, the director of development for diversity initiatives, the Office of Academic Diversity and Equal Opportunity, the Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues, the Committee on the Status of Women, the Campus Council on Climate, Culture and Inclusion, the Diversity Council, and the directors of the Cross-Cultural Center, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center, and the Women's Center. Added: A Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). UCSD also added 'a new campus-wide diversity requirement for graduation. The cultivation of "a student's understanding of her or his identity," as the diversity requirement proposal put it, would focus on "African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Chicanos, Latinos, Native Americans, or other groups" through the "framework" of "race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, language, ability/disability, class or age."...' (The City Journal) At UCSD, the graduates may not emerge with any marketable skills or knowledge, but if anyone needs a politically correct, diversity bonkers, narcissist you're in high cotton. An obsession with immutable traits takes precedence over the well-rounded education? Seriously? That might make sense in the Twilight Zone, but it's a steaming load of politically correct crap, in objective reality. Invaders Rewarded When it comes to Uncle Sam's immigration policy, 'inversion' is an egregious understatement. Skilled, highly motivated, individuals who want a shot at the American Dream, are punished with years on a waiting list, because they played by the rules and sought entry through the FRONT door as LEGAL immigrants. Unskilled, disease ridden, crime infested, Border Jumping Scumbag parasites, who are looking for all the freebies they can grab, get rewarded with amnesty, and a fast track to citizenship. The same kind of inversion is at work in the Sanctuary City of Angels, where the police policy of impounding the vehicles of drivers without licenses is only imposed on legal residents of the USA. Border Jumping Scumbags are excluded from this rule of road warrior engagement. Crime Pays If you wonder why a talentless group of gold diggers - the Kardashian sisters - are rich and famous, wonder no more. In this case, the smoking, opposite day, gun is a now deceased shyster, Robert Kardashian. His claim to fame - and his legacy - is helping a murdering bastard named O. J. Simpson get away with it. For the loin fruit of the poisonous Robert Kardashian tree, the rest, as they say, is tawdry television history. Rational adults think that, through stupidity, malice, or neglect, Casey Anthony played a critical role in the death of her 2 year old daughter Caylee. Despite a mountain of circumstantial evidence, an O. J. jury refused to convict her of anything, including manslaughter. Although she's reviled by many individuals, Casey Anthony will never be punished for her role in Caylee's death. Instead, an infuriating inversion has this vile creature on the fast track for riches and a life of leisure. Crime doesn't pay? That might be true in some planes of existence, but not in this region of the Twilight Zone, where every day is opposite day. Crime pays handsomely, here, thank you very much. A Christian nation gives preferential treatment to ISLAM. The First Amendment's prose about supernaturalism - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion - is clear enough that even the relentlessly clueless understand it. Despite its clarity, it is stretched to the breaking point, by atheists, secularists and assorted other pests who deem a nativity scene on the courthouse lawn a dire threat to our liberty, somehow. Inversion sets in, when the flavor of supernaturalism is Islam, a belief system which is saturated with political overtones. Unlike Cross Cultism, which is viewed with suspicion by the church vs state purists, Mecca Mania is not only tolerated, it is given special treatment by Elected Tormentors. The Establishment Clause is scuttled by officials who turn a blind eye to outbursts of sharia law in places like Dearbornistan, Minneapolis, and Seattle. Technically, 'Congress' didn't perpetrate a law that established Mecca Mania as the official state religion. The Islamikazes are doing their own 'establishing', by intimidating local, state and national officials into letting them get away with it. It's called Dhimmitude which involves an attitude of concession, surrender and appeasement towards Islamic demands. The USA is an officially 'secular' nation, whose population is overwhelmingly Christian. By allowing Mecca Mania to establish itself, America takes opposite day inversion to the limit, and beyond. An Enemy With No Name America is at war, but our Elected Tormentors refuse to name the enemy. America is at war, but our Elected Tormentors steadfastly refuse to name, or discuss, the belief system which motivates the enemy. America is a nation at war, but, instead of moving against the nations that assist the enemy, our Elected Tormentors target our allies instead. At America's points of entry, security officials intentionally ignore individuals who might be affiliated with enemy. Instead, while potential terrorists are given a free pass, security officials obsess on patting down infants, rug rats, senior citizens, nuns, people confined to wheelchairs, and assorted other individuals who, by any rational standard, pose no threat. A military strategy that appeases, and/or ignores, the real enemy, while it targets its friends and allies only works on opposite day, and I wouldn't bet the farm that it will work then. Capitalist Commies One of the most startling examples of this inversion region of the Twilight Zone can be found in the marketplace. In this bizzaro world, opposite day has outdone itself, by making the COMMUNIST Chinese better capitalists than the capitalism espousing Americans. Furthermore, the COMMUNIST Chinese are much more adept at fiscal discipline than we are. In fact - and this will make your head spin - the COMMUNIST Chinese, who own a large chunk of Uncle Sam's debt, just got done harshly criticizing the Obama Regime for its out of control spending and complete lack of fiscal discipline. Proving what a strange world this is, a staunch Demoncrat supporting capitalist - Steve Wynn - just got done verbally eviscerating Messiah Barry for his destructive economic policies. As far as I can tell, the only capitalist who thinks Barry's economic policy is spiffy is that America despising troll, George Soros. The Commies are better capitalists - closer to the free market ideal - than America? How the hell do I get out of here? Until We the People can put an end to this inversion...until We the People can put opposite day out of our misery, permanently, we are well and truly screwed. We must put an end to schools that spend all their time grouping individuals based on their immutable traits. We must put an end to schools that place emotions (self esteem AKA narcissism) ahead of intellectual development. We must demand that our Elected Tormentors, at every level, exercise real, no shit, leadership instead of kicking the can down the road, hoping the 'problems' resolve themselves, somehow. We must reward the immigrants who take the time and trouble to enter the USA through the FRONT door, by kicking out the line cutters whose idea of the American Dream is a handout. We must take off our blinders and see Islam for what it really is, a belief system which tramples everything that stands between it and its stated goal: world domination, by any means necessary. We must stop kidding ourselves that Islam and individual liberty are compatible. We must stop pinning a 'saint' label on moochers, looters, and parasites. We must stop pinning a 'sinner' label on achievers, American Dreamers, and rugged individuals. Where do we start? Where indeed? We need to make 'a government of, by, and, for the people' more than a catchphrase. We need to pink slip the fossils who have been in office too long. We need to put an end to the indoctrination assembly line (America's Educrap system) which plugs in a starry eyed, eager to learn, tyke at one end and poops out a glassy eyed, politically correct idiot with self esteem at the far end. Most important of all, we need to drive a stake through the heart of political correctness and its Moonbattery, by reasserting the fact that the basic social unit in America is the INDIVIDUAL, not the GROUP. I've had my fill of opposite day. It's time to drag this once great nation back to objective reality, where it belongs. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program: How my fat ass and a sex tape helped my sister, Sasquatch, defy the odds, by landing a husband without Hell freezing over.

THE FLAG IS GONE

From Stormbringer. This one is a must read. And the judgement should be as mine is. Traitor. No other description is needed. Not a single one.

..............This is part of the 'change' we were promised. But nobody will question him in fear of being called a racist. What an embarrassment. 

For a long time, we have noticed that the decor at the White House has changed since BHO moved in.

The Oval Office is now stripped of the traditional red, white, and blue, and replaced with middle eastern wallpaper, drapes, and decor............

http://seanlinnane.blogspot.com/2011/07/flag-is-gone.html

Some Ronald Reagan Quotes

My Friend over at Facebook, Karen O'day had these up today.
I asked her to send them along.
So now you may enjoy them.

Here are my favorite Reagan quotes including the ones I just posted:

"Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't 
need it and hell where they already have it." -Ronald Reagan 

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.' - Ronald Reagan 


'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' -Ronald Reagan 


'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' -Ronald Reagan 


'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. - Ronald Reagan 


'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress... -Ronald Reagan 


'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan 


'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other' 
- Ronald Reagan 


'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' - Ronald Reagan 


'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first' - Ronald Reagan 


'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' - Ronald Reagan 


'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' 
- Ronald Reagan 


'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.' - Ronald Reagan


'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.' -Ronald Reagan 


You can also Google "Ronald Reagan Quotes" to find more! Reagan was certainly a man of wisdom and common sense!

Brit Hume: “Real Scandal” behind Operation Fast & Furious; “Obama Justice Department Reminds Me Of Nixon Justice Department”

From Flopping Aces. This is a real scandal that could have unbelievable consequences. Or the correct and righteous consequences depending on your point of view.
The State Run MSM is ignoring it for the most part. But Fox News and a few internet sources are covering it.
http://floppingaces.net/2011/07/10/brit-hume-real-scandal-behind-operation-fast-obama-justice-department-reminds-me-of-nixon-justice-department/

Read if for yourself. Then make up your mind. I am at the point that I can not be very objective concerning the obama administration. I consider this man to be a serious threat to our very way of life.