Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

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Over at Right Wing News, John Hawkins checks to see which elected Republicans we Reich Wing Bloggers...

Like.

Don't Like.

My self-discovery is that I'm not enough of a political junky to have strong opinions on individuals, i.e., I'm more issue-focused than personality focused.
Here's the list of players:

The Absurd Report, The Anchoress, Argghhhh!, Bad Example, Betsy's Page, BizzyBlog, Bluey Blog, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Gina Cobb, Conservatism Today, Conservative Grapevine, Conservative Punk, Doubleplusundead, Election Projection, Eternity Road, Elocutio, Exurban League, Fraters Libertas, Jeff Gannon - A Voice of the New Media, (Doug) GraniteGrok, Guardian Watchblog, The Hedgehog Report, Ivy League Conservatives, JB's Corner, Jeremayakovka, Mainstream Libertarian, Moonbattery, Neocon News, Newsbeat1, (Steve) No Runny Eggs, (Shoebox) No Runny Eggs, Pirate's Cove, Say Anything, Don Singleton, Sister Toldjah, Slobokan's Site Of Schtuff, The Smallest Minority, Stolen Thunder, The Sundries Shack, Viking Pundit, Villainous Company, WILLisms,

Moving on - over at Blackfive, a day in the life of Major Pain. I'm thinking our Vietnam vets will get a strong attack of deja vu... ah, the smell of burning poo. H/t, Mike D.

Too much fun to not embed...

Brought to you by Law over at Political Party Poop. Lyrics by Paul Shaffer. Dude, they're going to take away your race card... -the Armorer

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From the "Brother can you spare a dime" file:

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If you live in the Greater Kansas City Region and like warbirds... listen up!

Heart of America wing show takes flight for weekend

The Commemorative Air Force's Air Expo returns for a seventh year in Gardner on Saturday and Sunday.

The Commemorative Air Force Heart of America Wing 2008 Air Expo is Saturday and Sunday at the New Century AirCenter in Gardner in Johnson County.
The free shows start at 9 a.m. both days and run until 5 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
The featured machine is Sentimental Journey, the CAF's restored B-17 bomber. Visitors willing to make donations will have the option of taking a ride on it for $425. Rides will be available on other planes for donations ranging from $80 to $895 (for the P-51 Mustang, a fighter plane).
A replica Japanese Zero, a Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper and a Boeing PT-17 Stearman are among the 21 other aircraft that will be at the show. Other activities include swing band concerts, a children's hangar with aviation-related activities, a Veteran's Table with World War II veterans and a new show of more than 50 vintage military vehicles and World War II era automobiles.
This is the seventh CAF show in Gardner. Kim Pardon, media coordinator, said an F-18 will arrive at 11 a.m. Saturday and two F-10s will do a fly-by between noon and 1 p.m. Saturday. Beyond that "there's no set schedule, but we will have lots of airplanes take off and land and fly around," she said.
To get there, take Old U.S. 56 to 159th Street. Turn west on 159th and follow the signs to the Commemorative Air Force hangar.

I'll be the grey-bearded fat guy with the camera wishing I could find the gumption to spring for a flight in the Sentimental Journey...

H/t, JWD. -the Armorer
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Rumors abound about a new stimulus check being sent out this summer as President Bush struggles to buoy up a floundering Republican party... H/t, Bob W. -the Armorer

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I don't blog much anymore... but this is why I blog. ~AFSis

*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 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. Of course, now I have to call them UAS's, because someone got a Legion of Merit for the name change.Anyway, I call the post H&I Fires because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to that particular topic. Another term of art that might be appropriate is Free Fire Zone.