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/2007/10/carrying_coals.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:50:11 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...tossing lighter fluid on the coals. Cassie got some mileage from her observations on the inequities -- and possible iniquities -- you can bump into when dealing with The System. Or, more properly, when dealing with the human beings who comprise The System. However, here's a li'l quirky option she didn't consider: I was at semi-loose ends the first time I got out of the Army (October 1972 -- Stop that! You *know* I'm that old!), so I figured I'd use my GI Bill bennies to add a fixed-wing rating to my helicopter one. I trotted down to the county... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:21:19 -0600 Okay, got a 50-gallon trash bag for ya. Just keep the EG away from it 'til it dries out real well -- there's a bunch of polyester fibers mixed in there somewhere (I got the big scraps out) and they'll raise hob with a pooch's digestive tract even worse than scarfing the tootsie rolls outta the litterbox will... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html#comment-65459 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html#comment-65459 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:27:43 -0600 Um, well, er, ah, um, mebbe. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html#comment-65450 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html#comment-65450 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:10:05 -0600 ...he's sure to be his same chipper self. Oooooh. Mentioning "KO" and "chipper" in the same sentence has given me an even *better* idea. Hey, John -- interested in some nice, 100% organic mulch? ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html#comment-65445 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html#comment-65445 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:51:34 -0600 S.C.H.I.P. help desk; he's sure to be his same chipper self.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html#comment-65439 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/carrying_coals.html#comment-65439 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:06:54 -0600