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/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:25:45 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place... *********************************** Things are looking up for the marquee players at Castle Argghhh!. Dusty is learning to fly a bigger, badder, better-paying bird, Bill is going to go get to fly helos again, and train young birdmen in the skillz, and SWWBO and I are buying the farm. Hmmm. That last part didn't come out quite right...... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:52:05 -0600 "Your progress since the beginning of the year is substantial," Dr. Kilcullen said. "The trick now is putting the Iraqi structures into place. It's about sustainment and expectation management. Speak it Rev. Kilcullen! Maybe we shouldn't have him over there so much as doing daily breifings over here? Just an idea. His lessons and message are rather engrained already in the boots on the ground. I think we need them more in the general populace of the US at this particular point in time. Just an idea. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61052 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61052 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:42:21 -0600 Heh. Well, at least I'm using an inheritance to buy my land. I made money the old fashioned way - by inheritance. Ya, you're correct. Any more, it seems almost if you *want* the job, you're probably not qualified at some level to have it. Bring back the draft... (There are exceptions, of course (waving to Shanan, Owen, Doug) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61042 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61042 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:51:34 -0600 Seems to me like the local Republican party is bankrupt on viable candidates. Politically there was no difference between Adam Taft the Navy F-18 jockey and Dennis Moore. So it made no difference who won. Moore won Taft went to jail for using campaign funds to buy a really nifty house. Whoever it was that they ran for governer, had trouble with public speaking. In general they have been as interesting as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. So we both know they will run Ryan again just because they don't know what else to do. And as long as I am betting they will run a Woody Allen look alike against Moore, and Wally Peepers against whoever the Dems run for governer ... prolly Morrison.... the "Manly Man" who hits on women at cocktail parties http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61041 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61041 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:29:00 -0600 I hope the Republicans put up a different candidate. Boyda will, I think, kill Ryun. She's positioned herself well on several core issues, and as long as her votes match her rhetoric, about the only thing Ryun is going to be able to say is, "But I'm a Republican!" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61035 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61035 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:47:48 -0600 Jim graduated from the William Allen White School of journalism with a degree in photojournalism in 1970. I had graduated in '69 and was in the Marines by then (my degree was Radio TV Film from the same school) Jim is planning a comeback you probably saw the story in the Star Magazine. I feel sorry for the guy. That doesn't mean I would support him either. He just seems clueless. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61032 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61032 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:56:31 -0600 That's pretty much the criteria I applied to Jim Ryun, in terms of he has *zero* support from me if he runs again. Not that it will matter in any significant fashion. But when they get lazy, it's time for 'em to go. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61030 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61030 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:35:56 -0600 pat me on the head" and hope I go away total dismissal letter. And here is the answer to two subsequent letters. You will note that the answer is exactly the same. Two separate letters written by the same flunky, mailed on the same day in response to two different letters from me. Denny needs to be replaced.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61028 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61028 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:22:28 -0600 We had 3 riders killed during a Poker Run this weekend- two drivers and one passenger were hit by an 18 yr old kid, going around stopped traffic. I guess he got impatient, and BAM!... killed three people. So very, very sad. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61027 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61027 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:22:17 -0600 My fear is that the American "elites" advocating this atrocious immigration reform bill will mirror the efforts of the European "elites" regarding the EU constitutional referendums (referenda?), and will continue to shove this thing down our throats in successive attempts despite overwhelming popular opposition. Quite frankly, any bill that's being pushed this strongly by Ted Kennedy is a bad thing. Bush's strong support of this bill, considering the holes it will leave in border security and the political realignment it will most likely lead to, has me seriously doubting - for the first time - his sincerity in fighting the GWOT, protecting the homeland, promoting Conservative values, and preserving GOP viability in future elections. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61016 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/hi_fires_11_jun.html#comment-61016 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:00:13 -0600