H&I Fires* 30 May 06

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Heh. While Fournier has me nailed on #1 and #2, I'm not with him on #3 yet.

Why?

Still, many Democrats worry that their party has not closed the deal.

"The fear I have as a Democrat is that if we are making this solely a referendum on the Republicans, we are not giving people a reason to turn out," said Democratic strategist Chris Lehane of California.

"Having said that, I think all these other elements are so bad for the Republicans that 'Had enough?' should be enough."

Sad to say - I trust *those* guys even less. I just wanna send a new crop of Republicans to Congress. That whole term limit thing is really starting to look better 'n better...

Hee hee hee! Australian Brigadier Michael Slater "speaks some truth to power"... and gores the Press in so doing. Snerk! Greyhawk has it over at Milblogs.

Right Wing News has their analysis of some of the problems (hey, only 22 of them) with the Senate's Immigration Bill.

RINO Sightings is up! I didn't submit anything this week - having been focused elsewhere, so to speak.

I'm not for putting in impediments to vote, such as poll taxes, literacy requirements, etc... but I'm also not for gimmicks designed to purely increase the number of people voting - as if democracy is served by seeking the opinions of the disconnected and encouraging the "I could give a shite" voters to come and stand there at the ballot puzzling their way through names they don't know, issues they don't care about and almost voting randomly... so no, I don't support this dumb idea - a lottery to encourage people to vote. -The Armorer

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Sometimes, Sheep-in-Wolves-Clothing should think twice. I.e, if a Marine is involved, you *can* bring a knife to a gun fight. And win. -The Armorer

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From the "DUH" files... I bring you the Archdiocese of Cincinnati: "After initially defending the decision to hire Henties, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk said last week that he regretted hiring someone with a felony record to run the background-check program." Yep. They hired a FELON to run their CRIMINAL BACKGROUND-CHECK PROGRAM! It would be funny, if well... it wasn't so pathetic. ~AFSis

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I'm not saying you *have* to go to this level for your furry family members.

But I would. I know all the arguments about *not* taking a risk like this.

I don't care. I would. Good on Michael Rubin, for saving Jasmine. -The Armorer

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*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.

Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.

Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*

The UAVs we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.

I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to that particular topic. It's also an open trackback, so if (Don Surber uses it this way a lot) someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".