H & I Fires:* 16 Feb 2008
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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 to flame someone in email please - if it doesn't say "The Armorer" or "John" then I didn't write it! And honestly - if you don't like something said or posted... leave a comment, and hash it out (within the context of The Rulez which are clearly posted on the comment form, I would add).
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Well, the folks at the AP are either the masters of tongue in cheek understatements, or they are shilling for Palestinian terrorists. The headline: Islamic Jihad activist, family killed
If this guy was an "activist", what does that make Osama Bin Laden? The reincarnation of Carry Nation? Just sayin'.
Favorite part. The other Islamic Jihad "activists" are promising retaliation against Israel for something that looks like an unfortunate "activist" "work accident".
On a serious note, if I were an actual "activist" like someone who worked for human rights watch, or animal rights or even "save the planet" types, I would be a little ticked off that the AP was labeling a guy, who led a violent organization and was responsible for many bombings, an "activist". Those type of "activists" are fair game for imprisonment and possible shooting, bombing through air raids and other methods of demise. Now that all "activists" are equal, does that mean we can finally send the Code Pink folks to Gitmo?
I'm just sayin'.
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Calling all stars! Calling all stars! The military is looking for a few good entertainers. Robin Williams and Kid Rock just completed their sixth tours to the front lines and WWE has taken it to the mat just as many. They are posting adverts for some other folks to step up and give our guys and girls "a few good laughs". .
Ollie North on the 2nd Amendment and Kay Hutchinson's amicus to the court.
Speaking of guns, Mayor Bloomberg and a few others are at it again. They are working on a database of "illegal guns" to share amongst different organizations and cities. They did not detail to any degree exactly which "illegal guns" they were going to target. Guns used in criminal activities and subsequently inventoried in police property as evidence? Or, are we talking about whenever they decided a gun is "illegal" by some arbitrary standard they set?
The NRA makes an important statement on the subject:
"All Mayor Bloomberg and his fellow mayors seem to do is hold press conferences," said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam. Referring to Rudy Giuliani, he added, "Mayor Bloomberg's predecessor managed to cut crime in New York simply by enforcing the laws on the books without all these press availabilities."
I guess that means the NRA would have endorsed Rudy for President if he'd gotten the nomination.
Why "two Americas" doesn't really exist any more. The buying power of the "lower fifth" is twice what they make. As one economist noted, the difference now is that everyone can own a TV, a car, washers and dryers, DVD layers, cell phones and computers.
That the phrase "Novus Ordo Seculorum" below the Roman numerals for 1776 at the base of the pyramid translates as "A New Order of the Ages" that began with independence and does not imply the United States will be the lynchpin of a sinister "New World Order."
I guess that blows the entire story line of Will Smith's movie, "Wild, Wild West". and the Antonio Banderas remake of the Legend of Zoro
What will Obama do when there is no Hillary Firewall? You know, since everyone has been giving him the big "pass" on the media and acting like he's the second coming of MLK or something. And, the blogosphere hasn't really gotten around to tearing him and his policies apart beyond making fun of all the swooning that's been going on.
*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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