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/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:10:29 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 want... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:24:14 -0600 LOL... my cats are getting pretty good at catching moles- much to my complete happiness! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67671 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67671 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:16:30 -0600 One of our cats used to bring the wife(females are always the head of the pride) an occasional mouse or rat head. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67666 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67666 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:26:23 -0600 hee hee Mission accomplished. I can hear your accent from here! Now the trick is getting John to stand still while you try to complete the dare...heh. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67665 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67665 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:26:09 -0600 Newer carbines outperform M4 in dust test By Matthew Cox - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Dec 18, 2007 17:41:35 EST The M4 carbine, the weapon soldiers depend on in combat, finished last in a recent “extreme dust test” to demonstrate the M4’s reliability compared to three newer carbines. They go on to say: the results of the test were “a wake-up call,” but Army officials continue to stand by the current carbine, said Brig. Gen. Mark Brown, commander of Program Executive Office Soldier, the command that is responsible for equipping soldiers. “We take the results of this test with a great deal of interest and seriousness,” Brown said, expressing his determination to outfit soldiers with the best equipment possible. The test results did not sway the Army’s faith in the M4, he said. “Everybody in the Army has high confidence in this weapon,” Brown said. Lighter and more compact than the M16 rifle, the M4 is more effective for the close confines of urban combat. The Army began fielding the M4 in the mid-1990s. Brig Gen Mark Brown is a moron. I hope Senator Coburn has his stars for breakfast. I hope this maggot is looking for a job by tomorrow. I have never seen more criminal behavour than to knowingly send US Soldiers out with an inferior weapon. I need to stop now before I blow out the rest of the rules. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67663 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67663 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:50:56 -0600 An open letter from Sergeant Andrew Robinson USMC to Nancy's Boyda and Pelosi ... as seen in the Topeka Crapitol-Urinal]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67661 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67661 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:41:12 -0600 dare* me to do something? Do you think there is something I *wouldn't* do???????? I guess I could understand *some* people doubting that mine roll and clank......but you have *met* me. You have been out *drinking* with me! You have actually seen that I have no morals or scruples or boundries or whatever those pesky things are that keep you people inside the pale. I, Princess Crabby, the Empress of La Moata, she who has no equal, Princesa Malhumorada, Maggie would most assuredly *touch* whatever required *touching* of that you can rest assured.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67658 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67658 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:32:06 -0600 Now comes Cricket, and complicates things with Reality. Or, why we say grace before meals. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67652 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67652 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:32:59 -0600 Maggie, it was a picture of a possum's head, still attached to a very live possum, thankyouverymuch, which I found on the back porch, or lanai as wrongly called here, one night, terrorising my kitteh. I have not yet given up hope of transmitting the image, of the visage, of that possum across and along the intartubez for the delectation and disputation of all. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67651 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67651 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:25:51 -0600 Awww...did you praise the critter for paying the rent? *pats the nice exterior guardian and gives extra lovey skritches* It's okay Beth. I got grossed out by a freshly dead guinea pig. It had died in a Child's arms, and said child put it on my sewing table. He reasoned that if Wendy could sew Peter Pan's shadow to him, I could do the same for the piggie. *shudders even now* Fortunately, Fort Lewis has a Pet Cemetary. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67650 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67650 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:12:18 -0600 Sounds like opossom head soup time. I would come by for some but I am trying to cut down. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67649 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67649 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:50:57 -0600 So TOTALLY not fair PC!!! And in completely wrong context as well...kind of. Actually, not so much. I've not dealt with smiling possum heads but I have battled cockroaches the size of B52s. Phooey. I still say you couldn't do it. Maybe we should see if John will let us test out my theory... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67647 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67647 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:36:39 -0600 What about me? hehehehehe http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67646 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67646 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:35:55 -0600 I'm gonna send y'all a pic from my cell phone. Please don't give Captain Heinrichs the number. Or Captain Nowak. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67644 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67644 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:32:02 -0600 Maybe it's the red hair. Or the stubborn streak. Or both. But I've never been one to admit defeat or give up. So I sucked it up, got back on my feet, and kept moving forward. And every time I did, it added to the feeling that I *could* do this. I might not like it but I could do it. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67642 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67642 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:19:44 -0600 GIRLS!!!! Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67641 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67641 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:04:01 -0600 Yeah but, PC, you'd have to TOUCH it to get it there. I don't see that happening. Though I do think I'd rather be decapitated than go with your plan. Cass...what do you think? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67640 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67640 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:33:27 -0600 Hee! Struck a nerve, methinks!~ Oh, and... Are too!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67638 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67638 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:34:34 -0600 Armorer - You should (for many reasons) thank your lucky stars that you are married to SWWBO and *not* the Empress of La Moata...........because that "grinning head" would have ended up somewhere that would have been very painful for you. Perhaps something along the lines of that whole "a wound more severe than decapitation but less serious than death". http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67636 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67636 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:41:05 -0600 Sheesh. Gunner saved you the best part, and this is your thanks? It could be worse. A friend's cat once brought in a copperhead snake. A *live* copperhead. And proceeded to dump it in the bathtub to "play" with it some more. Dead possum heads (hey, what a cool punk rock band name!) don't even rate. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67634 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67634 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:24:40 -0600 Barb, I open the back door, I see a grinning head of some sort looking up at me. I was startled, and it is John's job to be manly and dispose of such things. I may have squealed, but it's not because I'm squiggly!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67632 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67632 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:22:52 -0600 So, Beth - are you all squiggly? heh. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67631 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67631 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:14:52 -0600 am not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67629 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67629 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:07:03 -0600 Am not. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67626 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67626 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:50:12 -0600 Am not. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67625 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67625 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:48:05 -0600 Am not. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67624 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/12/hi_fires_18_dec.html#comment-67624 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:47:04 -0600