We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:56:42 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sorry to have been off the net for so long, but I've been focused on switching seats in the airplane I fly. I now have a window and can see out the front. This is good. I've been watching the fur fly in some many areas (Iran's effort to build its own Nuclear Party Favors to pop over the heads of those pesky Jews (among others), Ted Kennedy sonorous dronings-on about the inherent evil of the President's latest SCOTUS nominee, Joel Stein bearing his MoveOn.org soul, etc., etc.) that it's hard to know where to begin. Moreover, it's somewhat intimidating... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:10:01 -0600 On Ted - wouldn't the actual charge be "homicide by negligent use of a motor vehicle" rather than murder? :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39745 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39745 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:17:41 -0600 Hi, Dusty, welcome back! Glad you are a little farther away from bad smells in the three-holer. (one of my favorite airplanes to ride in; I remember watching the wing do its origami thing going in and out of Page Field in Fort Myers.) On the Iran-Iraq thing: Well, I think the Neo-Jacobins have led us down the garden path, and others (y'all, the young folks, maybe even poor ol' me, {None of us wants *that*!}) may have to retrieve their chestnuts. Sorry if I may seem incoherent, but I have to type quickly because I turn into a pumpkin at 0200 EST. The sweety has set the parental controls on the router here, and there ain't much I can do, she having root, and a revolver. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39696 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39696 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:49:31 -0600 Dear Iranian Students and Other Dissidents: We've been waiting 10 years for you to get your sh*t together. We don't think that we have 10 more. Less than five at the current estimates for time to build a nuclear weapon. We highly recommend that you get crackin' before we are forced to do so. We have heard from many freedom loving Iranians that they want help, not invasion. Tell us what you need and you'll get it, however, you should be warned that while we would like t adhere to your wishes and not destroy your country, culture and monuments to your thousands of years of history, we cannot wait until madmen have the nuke to act. I'm afraid playing in underground rock bands and wearing pink hijabs with some hair showing is not quite getting it. We respectfully request, as Michael Ledeen says: Faster please. We really do prefer non-violence on our part, contrary to popular belief, but, as a citizen of this country, if the mad Mullahs and Almond Head keep up the pace, it's bombs away and sionora. Yours in friendship and hope of a fine future with huge trade incentives and open diplomatic relationships with a free and democratic Iran, Kat http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39686 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39686 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:41:23 -0600 It's true that blogging and other Open forms of communication are a potential positive influence (although, heaven help us if they are reading Kos instead of Argghhh!). Then again, look at the whole issue of China shutting down blogs with 'undesirable' content on it. The Blogosphere is somewhat under the radar - but not totally. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39678 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39678 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:34:25 -0600 Barb, Remember how well indoctrination worked in the Soviet Union? Hint: not very well. Some could say it was effective in Nazi Germany (the closest analogy) but with today's hard-to-control access to the rest of the world and a population less supportinve of its leadership--the bloom is off the rose, as it were, in Iran I think--I think the chances are greater than you may think. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39677 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39677 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:25:29 -0600 I say this whenever I get the chance, slowly working to spread the meme in the hope it gets back to him someday: "You shouldn't be so hard on poor 'ol Teddy. After all, he has to live with being the brother who wasn't worth shooting." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39671 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39671 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:18:40 -0600 site on Iran : - Iranian Animated Film for Children Promotes Suicide Attacks - Iran TV Discussion on the Myth of the Gas Chambers and the Truth of Protocols of the Elders of Zion; ‘The Only Solution for This Cancerous Tumor [Israel] is Surgery’ ... etc. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39665 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39665 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:18:35 -0600 John - That's not a credible threat. He can't drink on the job, anyway. It's not like he's still in the Air Force or nuthin'... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39654 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39654 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:42:12 -0600 'Bout time! I was gonna put a hold on that "Beers of the World" deal you get in lieu of pay... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39652 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/im_baaack.html#comment-39652 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:27:54 -0600