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/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:17:04 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... *********************************** Here’s a good ending for a Reservist returning to his job after spending some time in Injun Country: Sherwood, OR police chief reinstated. --ry *********************************** When even Reuters starts having trouble spinning it negative, you know things are getting better. Best they could come up with was a snarky, "With good news so rare, little... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:58:51 -0600 It is also proof that on multiple occasions, even traveling subsonic, that the Air Force can drop ordnance on Marines with pinpoint precision. One reason why the Harrier is a better choice, along with the fact that a Marine Aviator isn't going to hammer his own people. It isn't so much the platform as it is the mindset. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64148 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64148 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:19:52 -0600 Oooooh, 'neath the placid calm lies the whirling maelstrum... LOL! Oh, you have no idea! Wasn't it Archie Bunker who said, "Stifle yourself, Edith?" I do. Constantly. LOL!! :D]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64130 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64130 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:46:00 -0600 "A-10s are proof that God loves Grunts." Well, the A-10 and the platypus shows that The Good Lord has an affinity for finding the pretty in the ugly too. (Runs in terror before Dusty nails me with a Maverick.) ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64116 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64116 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:06:07 -0600 Truely, God moves in mysterious ways ... Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64115 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64115 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:35:36 -0600 --FbL (sitting primly and with sober countenance) Oooooh, 'neath the placid calm lies the whirling maelstrum... IKYTTT]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64114 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hi_fires_08_sep.html#comment-64114 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:56:51 -0600