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/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:08:08 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/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:26:04 -0600 The model for the Mona Lisa has been definitively identified. *Not* news to anybody who's taken an Art History course any time within, say, the last four centuries...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68706 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68706 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:19:25 -0600 And please, John, no snerks about my use of the word "gun" above. I know it's not a HOWITZER! LOL http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68686 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68686 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:26:07 -0600 My 4-year old son has been using a green & yellow potato chip bag clip as a gun, and insisted on wearing a belt everyday just so he could wear it as a side arm. The day-care administrators just sent it home in a large manila envelope, and told us it was "inappropriate". LOL http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68685 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68685 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:22:57 -0600 " watching the officer arrest the cross dresser with a warrant" The lower case doubleyou indicates that the RLO was accompanied by a *junior* Warrant Officer, WO1. Or, as we in the aviation trade say, "Wobbly One"... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68680 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68680 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:15:35 -0600 I'm making the popcorn and taking requests for snacks. Bedtime stories from the book of sibling blackmail. Heh. I am up for one along the lines of the appetizers a la Chein Biscotti. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68675 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68675 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:49:40 -0600 Ha! Kathy, reminds me of the CIA's attempt to blackmail Sukarno. When they showed him the films, he immediately demanded a hundred prints, to show in every theatre in the country, to prove how cool and manly he was! Well, that's the version I did read. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68674 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68674 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:42:41 -0600 So, a certain Warrant Officer dons a dress whenever he becomes cranky? Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68672 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68672 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:10:44 -0600 I also sleep really, really well during thunderstorms because the firing range at Ft. Sill was my lullaby. Military brats have all sorts of bizarre quirks. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68667 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68667 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:14:02 -0600 Hey, I never put a metric to how far above a bottom-feeder you are... Anyone who sees armored columns moving down the road and it makes them feel *safe* can't be all bad! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68666 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68666 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:03:00 -0600 Now you are placing me one step above a POLITICIAN? GAK!!!! I am so wounded I shall have to slink off and apply some psychotherapy to myself while I simultaneously plot my revenge. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68665 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68665 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:54:42 -0600 HFS - she used to beat me up mercilessly when I was but a tyke. Until the day (about 3 years after it actually happened) that I realized I could beat *her* up. Then she turned to psychology. It's been downhill ever since. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68663 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68663 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:30:46 -0600 Mostly P.O.'d because they keep forcing Reilosi to have to go out and move the goalposts again. I actually hadn't looked at it from the other perspective! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68662 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68662 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:27:54 -0600 Oooo. Threats! I did say you recognized the fallacy... which is more than I can say of many politicians regarding their pet projects and "good" ideas! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68659 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68659 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:11:51 -0600 Looks like it's time to pop some popcorn, eh John? hee hee Gotta love sibling rivalry! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68658 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68658 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:11:33 -0600 So are you saying Nancy & Dingy Harry are PO'd because the Iraqis actually got some legislation passed (unlike them) or because of the specific bill? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68656 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68656 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:41:38 -0600 Ok, John, I admit it, it was stoopid. I should have known that boys can, will, and do make guns out of anything. The ban was lifted immediately following the bread incident, a fact you neglected to include in your report. I do not think it was necessary to reveal this bit of silliness to your vast audience, however. Especially when you consider that I have known you your entire life and have an immense wealth of dirt I could reveal about your misbegotten youth. Even though you control the content here, I'm sure some of your blogging friends would be happy to help me. Hmmmm, which story shall I drop first? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68655 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68655 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:34:28 -0600 Hmmmm. Those look vaguely familiar, Master Jewell. And, we solicit guest lectures from formerly muddy boots, btw. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68653 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68653 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:41:27 -0600 plate of cookies for your sister's next visit? Recent reports from Boots (who were) on the ground in Afghanistan indicate that good things are happening there, with some changed attitudes, beginning at the very top of the Afghan government. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68652 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68652 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:29:27 -0600 Well, her youngest son is in his early 20's, and neither of her boys joined the Army, got interested in hunting, or became a cop, so I think she's safe these days. And from what I know of her daughter, the youngest of them all - she's still safe. They're taking more after their father and mother than they are their Grandfather or Uncle... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68651 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68651 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:11:52 -0600 She recognized the fallacy when her eldest took a slice of bread, bit off a corner, and proceeded to say "Bang! Bang!" LMAO! Just don't tell her what they're doing outside with sticks when she's not looking. :D]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68650 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/hi_fires_15_jan_1.html#comment-68650 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:01:56 -0600