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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:50:30 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification And Jay over at Stop The ACLU has somebody guardng his back on this particular issue. Two-point-seven million somebodies, actually. The American Legion declared war on the ACLU. Now, picking on the Boy Scouts is one thing -- Scouts are supposed to be Brave (although being assaulted by lefty lawyers would be more a trial of patience than courage). But, in 2002, the ACLU found a flaming a$$hat an Oregon resident who claimed his civil rights were flagrantly violated on those occasions he drove into California because he *gasp!* saw the Mojave Desert Veterans' Memorial -- a cross erected in... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:20:40 -0600 Well, as one who has made that drive from WA to CA and Utah along that same route, yes, there is a lot to be offended by...but the missions are historic landmarks and there will be bloodshed if they are touched. Not only that, they account for a great deal of tourism to the private and state entities that benefit from them. No one had to pay to see a marker honoring someone's sacrifice...and reminder that Christ overcame death. I suggest you send the plague rats to Oregon. They need them. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51804 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51804 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:24:33 -0600 Thats really enough to get my primal Georgia redneck urgings to start creeping up the back of my neck. So...who do we send the plague rats too? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51741 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51741 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:49:52 -0600 Heh, and the geography is even better than you might first imagine. From the Oregon border to the spot with the cross, the guy would have to travel over 700 miles (at least), past dozens of religious themed locations (including some California missions that are about 250 years old) to get to the one spot in the MIDDLE OF THE FREAKIN' DESERT that has this cross. I can only presume that the commie pinkos are afraid someone on their way to Sin City might have a conversion experience on the way there, and go back home to join the Republican party instead. Or maybe they're just running out of people to pick on. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51736 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51736 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:15:22 -0600 Grrrr! That's the type of news I don't particularly need to have before my first cup of Rican Coffee. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51735 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51735 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:01:59 -0600 Bravo my Legion brothers! But, I must admit, I was expecting a movie joke from that headline... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51730 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/10/bare_is_brotherless_back.html#comment-51730 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:03:34 -0600