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Throwing up a quick post to get the day started and insure no overlapping, multiple H&I's that might result in friendly casualties...
In response to the post the other day on why men like guns better than women, my own "Top 12 Why Guns Are Better Than Men":
#12 A gun doesn't mind if you take it out and look at it and then put it away without firing it
#11 A gun can be fired more than once, often for hours if you have enough ammunition
#10 A gun can be reloaded and ready to go again in seconds
#9 Guns can fire both blanks and live ammunition as needed
#8 A gun does not get offended if you apply scientifically enhanced lubrication to improve the motion of the slide or reduce wear and tear to other moving parts.
#7 You don't have to introduce your gun to your parents
#6 If you do introduce your gun to your parents, it won't complain on the drive home because your dad suggested a better model
#5 You can put your gun in your purse and it won't worry other guns question its masculinity
#4 A gun won't leave you unless you sell it, give it away or its pried from your cold, dead hand
#3 A gun won't be offended if you discuss its performance with your girlfriends
#2 A gun won't complain if you adjust its sites to improve accuracy
#1 A gun doesn't question its ability to perform if you have a spare gun in your night stand
ooh....oooh...and since it seems like it is Project Valour IT all day today, a bonus:
A gun won't complain if you give all your money to a really great cause instead of buying ammunition and taking it to the firing range.
Okay...if you don't want to read anymore "why guns are better than men", you better pony up. A little light in the wallet is much better than a decimated ego ;)
- Kat
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Since there's been a posting frenzy today, I've pulled this from it's separate post and put it in the H&I, just to reduce some of the overhead...
Since the others have all atrophied.
Chuck Ziegenfuss, who blogs at From My Position, On The Way! is a finalist in the Weblog Awards. He's a combat-wounded serving soldier who, with Fuzzybear Lioness founded Project Valour-IT.
Since we weren't finalists, I've been studiously ignoring the whole thing, pretending my tender ego was not savaged brutally by the slight. Sniff, sniff. (discreetly dabs at moisture in corner of eye)
Anyway, Chuck, being much more savvy at this whole marketing thing that we are, sent a blast out to the larger milbloggers shamelessly begging for support, so he can stand on the mound of bodies of his competitors for best of the top 2501-3500 Ecosystem Blogs. So, click that link, and vote everyday between now and the 8th of November when the polls close.
What's the point of Internet polls if you can't skew them?
Besides - of the ones who are finalists in that category the only other one I read is Boots and Sabers. -the Armorer
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*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.
Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.
*Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*
The UAVs (oops, can't call 'em UAVs anymore - they're now Unmanned Aerial Systems... some Colonel got his Legion of Merit for that change...), er, um UAS's we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.
I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to. It's also an open trackback, so if someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone"
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