To put it in rude, plain, unpalatable words — true patriotism, real patriotism: loyalty not to a Family and a Fiction, but a loyalty to the Nation itself!
30 Days of Twain – Day 24
Posted by daddybear71 on February 25, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/25/30-days-of-twain-day-24/
News Roundup
- From the “Good For Him” Department – A new police officer in Kingston, New York, did a good job recently by ticketing the illegally parked car of the town’s mayor twice in a week. The mayor admits his fault and seems to not hold a grudge against the officer. For once, I read something about police that didn’t make my blood boil either because of the crime committed or the actions of the police. Will miracles never cease?
- From the “Get a Rope” Department – A policeman in Texas has been suspended and will probably face charges after security cameras recorded him stealing food from a refrigerator in his office. The food taken included energy drinks and 60 pounds of deer sausage. As someone who has had to eat a half-frozen, half-lava vending machine burrito when his lunch was stolen from a communal refrigerator more than once, I support whatever punishment is meted out in this case, up to and including flogging.
- From the “Hanging’s Too Good” Department – A woman in California has admitted to stealing books and other materials from libraries and selling them on-line. As someone who actually uses his library to find and read books (I know, who knew you could do that), I hope she spends her time on probation having to clean the bottom of an active cesspool.
- From the “Qel Surpris” Department – Chelsea Clinton is expected to continue with her cub reporter gig at NBC News. Why should she? How many people do you know with absolutely no journalism experience who get a job on prime time TV with one of the major networks doing human interest stories while reading intro’s and summation paragraphs from a teleprompter and woodenly taking part in chit chat with the anchor? Critics have taken issue with the fluff pieces she’s done, her inability to ask hard questions when doing interviews, her rather flat delivery, and question why she gets this plum job. Let me think here. Maybe it’s because the media loves her mommy and daddy and want to make sure they stay on their good side. Let’s face it, if Ms. Clinton was doing what she was qualified to do, some poor soul currently running the Tilt-a-Whirl somewhere would be out of a job. I look forward to the day when she’s propped up by some Democrat machine or another and runs for office. The debates alone would be worth the price of admission.
Posted by daddybear71 on February 24, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/24/news-roundup-19/
Today’s Earworm
Never again is what you swore the time before…..
Posted by daddybear71 on February 24, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/24/todays-earworm-42/
30 Days of Twain – Day 23
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
My Take – Obviously, this was written before the advent of Internet porn.
Posted by daddybear71 on February 24, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/24/30-days-of-twain-day-23/
What I was talking about earlier
This video of a ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft gun being used in a direct fire role in Syria shows just how quickly this thing can be brought to bear in a fight. I didn’t realize that the turret could turn so quickly, or that the gun could elevate and depress so quickly.
You might want to turn down the volume if you’re somewhere the sound of gunfire and “Allahu Akhbar!” will turn heads.
Posted by daddybear71 on February 24, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/24/what-i-was-talking-about-earlier/
Quite a Day
I don’t do a lot of “This Day In History” posts, but glancing at the list for today showed that this date has been a pretty exciting time.
1903 – The U.S. signed a permanent lease on Guantanamo Bay.
1942 – A Japanese sub shelled the coast of California, which I believe is the last time a foreign power attacked the U.S. mainland until 9/11.
1945 – The U.S. flag was raised over Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima by Marines fighting to capture the island.
1997 – Scottish scientists debuted their cloned sheep, Dolly.
2005 – Efforts to identify remains from the 9/11 attacks end.
I wonder what 2012 will add to this list?
Posted by daddybear71 on February 23, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/23/quite-a-day/
Today’s Earworm
Side note – This song always brings back the scent of pool chlorine to my memory. Must have been on the PA a lot during one of my summers at the city pool.
Posted by daddybear71 on February 23, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/23/todays-earworm-43/
News Roundup
- From the “That’ll Work” Department – The Obama administration has announced that its policy towards Syria is to provide humanitarian aid to those who oppose the Assad regime and to seek political consensus with other countries. In the meantime, the Syrian armed forces are showing that D-30 towed artillery, BM-21 multiple rocket launchers, and ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft guns are much more effective than band aids and MRE’s at influencing the political process when a civilian populace has risen in revolt. I have one word for Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton: Srebrenica. I’m not saying that the United States or NATO should become directly involved, but we should be pushing the Arab League to put boots and tracks on the ground with our logistical and intelligence support.
- From the “Beatdown” Department – A young Saudi man was arrested on Wednesday after becoming violent on a flight from Portland to Houston. He was asked to shut off an electric cigarette, he refused, and the situation spiraled out of control from there. The man was subdued by other passengers, handcuffed, and arrested when the flight returned to Portland. This may not have been his first run-in with the law, but I’ll bet that he preferred the manner in which he was subdued after leading the police on a little chase over the manner in which his adrenaline hyped fellow passengers power slammed him and forced his compliance at 30,000 feet.
- From the “Broken Record” Department – The government of North Korea has decried South Korea hosting a nuclear weapons conference next month as a ‘provocation’, and has threatened dire consequences for the insult of its southern neighbor trying to further the cause of peace and stability. The hermit kingdom also threatened retaliation when South Korea announced that it would be doing some artillery training this week. In related news, North Korea has decried plans to change the recipe for yakisoba in the mess hall at Camp Red Cloud, planned maintenance on several buses in Pusan, and the fact that no-one has called them to see if they would like to go to the United Nations spring sock-hop. All of these came with threats of dire consequences, including nuclear bombardment from the new Kim-Jong-Un model of bazooka, unless the activities are changed and North Korea is given a golden ticket to Mr. Wonka’s factory and a year’s supply of Rice-a-Roni, the San Fransisco Treat.
- From the “Fricassee” Department – The Pennsylvania lottery commission has decided to retire Gus, a puppet groundhog that has been used to promote the lottery since 2004. In related news, a new cookbook has been put out by the commission titled “Whistlepig – It’s Not Just For February”, which explains what they did with Gus.
- From the “Ghost in the Machine” Department – Scientists at CERN have announced that the experiment last year that seemed to show that neutrinos could travel faster than the speed of light was faulty. Apparently, a loose wire made it appear that the test particle arrived at the target faster than it actually travelled. I, for one, am disappointed that it was just a bad wire. My money was on the flux capacitor needing calibration.
Posted by daddybear71 on February 23, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/23/news-roundup-20/
30 Days of Twain – Day 22
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.
My Take – It takes more guts to take an unpopular stand than it does to jump off a cliff. I hope that I have both kinds of courage, but if I had to choose between them, I’d prefer to have the courage to stand up for what I believe in.
Posted by daddybear71 on February 23, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/23/30-days-of-twain-day-22/
Today’s Earworm
Same as it ever was…….
Posted by daddybear71 on February 23, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/02/23/todays-earworm-44/
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