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/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:21:48 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... *********************************** The Dissident Frogman runs a school for the Agence France Presse on the difference between bullets and cartridges... and why their war correspondents and editors are incompetent bumbling buffoons. Hey, ignorance is okay, it's fixable for heaven's sake. If you're reading this and don't know the difference between a bullet and a cartridge, that's okay.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:50:02 -0600 Stuart, if this is how you spam, I can live with it. It's a real post, topical to the news, your website isn't selling v1agra and such, and the mostly-daily H&I post was created to give people a chance to strut their stuff that way. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63723 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63723 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:08:32 -0600 political forum sometime. If that's spam, feel free to delete it. S'all good. Laters]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63721 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63721 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:07:29 -0600 Hard to make that a "myth". perhaps not so hard as that when their side won Vietnam. link ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63555 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63555 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:23:42 -0600 Leftie horsesh*t. Yes. I know. Just thought I'd put it out there for those that question. I have met vets who said they never were spit on, but it doesn't mean that the vets who said they were spit on were lying. It means different experiences, different places, different people. It also does not mean that the numbers are less or more because some have or haven't had the experience. But, as noted, when these vets say they were spit on, like BillT, they remember the place, time and details. Hard to make that a "myth".]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63553 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63553 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:13:29 -0600 That video by the Frogman is one of the funniest things I've seen in ... oh, weeks if not months. The "Baby Elephant Parade" soundtrack lends the perfect undertone of absurdity. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63549 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63549 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:10:51 -0600 I recall a book recently out and a story in the paper claiming that the "baby killer, spitting" stories were myth. Leftie horsesh*t. Go ask the guy who pulled that on me in the airport bar in SF in 1970. You'll recognize him by his limp and flat nose... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63541 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63541 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:25:45 -0600 M1 thumb. Funny I don't get that from my M1 carbine, of course I load the magazine in from the bottom, like the good Lord intended. Sure, it's a glorified pistol round but I still like to shoot it. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63540 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/hi_fires_24_aug.html#comment-63540 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:10:01 -0600