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Politics aside, there are vast differences between McCain and Obama that have more to do with having spent such disparate amounts of time on this planet than with anything else. And this was in stark relief at the Saddleback Forum.
The political version of Nghtmare on Elm Street. A fun bit of fluff.
Apparently there is a male version of Were-Kitten out there. I think you'll all wanna cover your eyes for this one... - FbL
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And since no one seems to read my blog anymore... *sniff* Maybe you will be amused by some navel-gazing about how I ended up being the token civilian on one of the conference panels. - FbL
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Since we've been hosting a Canuckistanian for the last month, I find them to be very pushy people... after weeks of ducking, dodging, generating a gout attack, going on travel, etc, I finally got cornered and did an interview with Wendy for Brass Balls Radio. No, I haven't listened to it. I hate the way I sound on radio. And that's just the stupid. The voice is worse. -the Armorer
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Canuckistanian? I'll have you know the correct moniker is Hoser.
Speaking of which, one of our unelected, unaccountable, hoser Senators actually earns his paycheque on defence issues - a guy named Colin Kenny. He's the most consistent advocate on Parliament Hill of more military resources for our nation. And today, he argued for attack helos with what has to be the Quote of the Day:
If people are offended by the name attack helicopters, we can pass a rule and call them protect helicopters.Part of the reason why we have to tread so ridiculously carfully with military nomenclature is that the Canadian public is largely disconnected with the Canadian military. An ad like this one would never resonate in Canada, because the Canadian people don't see themselves reflected by the Canadian Forces. Which is why, when a bright and talented young kid from a prominent family chooses to attend my alma mater, it merits an article in the local newspaper for being the road less taken.
And when the Canadian public knows so little about its military, journalists wonder why those of us connected to the CF excoriate them for their sloppy and amateurish coverage of defence. Here's the latest case in point.
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who loves his country more than I do mine, but sometimes I shake my head with the knowlege of what we are, versus what we could be. - Damian
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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 we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&amp;amp;amp;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&amp;amp;amp;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.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;<br />
A male WK? That's nothing new.... but I am waiting to see what Sgt. B, John, Bill, and Keith look like while swinging from a pole. (I can't help it, but I'm channeling I'm channeling the "King of Queens" episode where Kevin James shows Leah Remini how to pole dance.)
As for "nobody reads me" mebbe we need to pay attention to marketing... and shilling our stuff out.
Just a thought!
?? Isn't that what I just did? ;)
"I'm channeling I'm channeling"
um.. I'm channeling an ECHO!???
I'll have to see if I can find a youtube clip of it, FbL. FUNNY STUFF
However, playing devils advocate, I'm finding a lot of sites who claim the pictures are corpses, but I haven't seen anyone prove that they are corpses.
An ulterior eye could say they are equating people with reptiles. Water/land loving creatures partly in the water. Especially when you take this in to context:
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/wrangler_we_are_animals_1
Or this:
http://www.10ad.org/wrangler-we-are-animals-advertising-campaign/
Weird? Yes. Definitely not my precious Wrangler 20X advertisement.
But the people in those video ad's are most definitely alive. Also confirmed as such by these folks
This new print campaign from FFL Paris for Wrangler depicts humans as animals, or how a nature photographer might see us if we were drinking from lakes late at night. (Many more images inside folks) These images were shot at night, right in the heart of a forest in "the wilds" of the New Jersey state (USA). The entire shoot team, together with the thirteen models, were deliberately subjected to a rough ordeal, in difficult conditions, to ensure that the models got out of their ‘acting’ roles, no longer posing but pushed to reveal their truer animal instincts.
Based on that I'd say the people are alive. And that folks are making a mountain out of a mole hill.
I agree though, its still stupid.
All those tubas and accordions and no decent bass riffs...
Come to think of it, Andre does, doesn't he? Guess I was mistaken, I HAD heard of it before...
I heard K-Lo hit the fainting couch from here...
However, I note that the comment and track back thing went wonky again so no one could tell on PJ media. except maybe by hits.
Anyhoo...we'll see what seems to get folks attention.
Ah, but dis only means gettink many dollar bills from bank for cheeky dancink girlz (dey don't go for the zlotys no more, and rubles?! Feh)
Good ting I got plenny room for lap dance, nudge nudge!
"Sometimes I shake my head with the knowlege of what we are, versus what we could be."
Damian, your words could have been mine, were I ever that articulate, and I think it is a sentiment shared by every one of us who care about more than a paycheck, regardless of the country we call ours.
Nice post. BTW, I liked the USMC vid, but I prefer the "Army Strong" series, and that 3 Doors down video just makes my heart swell and my eye tear up!
That's not being mean, that's just reality, and it's true for Europe, too.
As for Canuckistanian - that's Wendy's name for it, not me. But you'll be relieved to know that even though she's been here going on five weeks now, she still smells of maple syrup, so the Essence of Hoser runs deep...
John - fantastic comment. A former Deputy Prime Minister up here named John Manley put similar ideas to words years ago:
As far as Essence of Hoser is concerned, sometimes it runs so deep that my fellow citizens forget it's there at all...