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/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:46:53 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... Time to add a new caveat, because from email it's not clear to some folks (mind you, if you don't read this it won't matter...) Being an open post, people (collectively, the Denizens) other than I post in the H&I. They sign their work (most of the time) - keep that in mind when you... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:54:54 -0600 On the militia and RTKBA thing: I'm sure I've mentioned here, and other places, many times, that The Founders got it right the first time on that subject. That is, volunteers only for foreign wars, the Army has to justify its existence every two years, and everybody shows up for militia drill, with weapon, boots, acouterments etc., or he doesn't get to vote. The Navy was treated differently. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66879 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66879 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:44:38 -0600 Having resided for 15-years in the D.C. Metro Region, I was glad to be just outside its gun-fearing paranoia. Not to say that either Prince Georges' and Montgomery Counties in The People's Republic of Suburban Maryland was much of an improvement either. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66875 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66875 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:00:27 -0600 I hadn't thought about that. If the law is working so well, it must mean that their citizens - the ones that own their weapons legally - are criminals as well and their police force isn't doing it's job very well. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66868 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66868 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:06:21 -0600 Well, if their law is actually working for them... golleee just imagine what the death toll would be without their law! Which one could then use to infer... that they are perhaps the most imcompetent local government constituted in the United States. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66867 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66867 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:01:46 -0600 legal and registered handguns. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66864 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66864 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:45:54 -0600 logical that, in order to have a "well regulated militia" you would have to have citizens who are proficient in their use of a gun? And therefore wouldn't it thus be necessary to allow citizens to OWN their own guns in order to become (and remain) proficient with them? If we take the 2nd Amendment to mean that firearms should be maintained by the states in the event that a militia should need them, is that wise? I mean, Louisiana couldn't get their citizens food and water following hurricane Katrina yet we're going to rely on them to distribute firearms in the event that a militia needs to be formed? Let me know how that works out for you all. Me? I'll keep my Beretta within arm's reach - thankyouverymuch.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66863 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66863 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:42:58 -0600 No, Damian. It wasn't. There is no functionality in the current install that will do that. And I just checked the activity log (which you guys currently don't have access to) to see if that would help... and it doesn't. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66853 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66853 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:52:11 -0600 something like "users on line" maybe? Was that a cluebat that just hit me?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66852 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66852 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:47:34 -0600 I wonder if MTV Middle East will be showing the classic episodes of "MTV Pimp my Camel", MTV Spring Hadj", "MTV Cribs, the Cave edition" and the up and coming "MTV Ugly Mustafa" and lastly "Jack Bin Ladin" Now if we can just get them to buy into a CSI.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66847 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66847 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:15:06 -0600 heh...something like "users on line" maybe? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66846 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66846 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:06:26 -0600 My apologies, Kat. It would be nice if we had a sign we could post on the door of the blog that said "Occupied - do not disturb" so we wouldn't tread on each others toes like that. Someone who actually understands more about computers than how to hit the "Post" button - which rules me out, btw - should really figure out how to do that. :) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66845 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/hi_fires_20_nov.html#comment-66845 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:46:26 -0600