Cheese-eating surrender monkeys...er, anti-victory protesters, such as Senators Reid and Obama and Representative Paul, would have you believe that they have the overwhelming support of the U. S. military, who are desperately trapped in a war they were duped into fighting.
Well, let's put aside my usual objection of being SIX YEARS INTO the war with an ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE. A picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is even better. Here is General David Petraeus re-enlisting 1,215 soldiers today--on Independence Day--in Baghdad:
04 July 2008
SED is Still With Me
Well, it looks like SED is only over for everyone who ISN'T in the Watch Team office (well, and the few people still making sand bags). I thought I was going home this weekend, but we're still on 12-hour shifts.
03 July 2008
Happy Independence Day!
I'll be working tomorrow, of course, but I doubt that I'll be posting anything--or that anyone will be reading anything. Remember, tomorrow isn't about shooting off fireworks in your backyard; tomorrow is about celebrating the birth of the greatest democracy the world has ever seen. There is big movement in the main-stream media that this Independence Day should be spent in mourning over things like the Abu Ghraib scandal. Personally, if people like that are unhappy with the United States, I would be quite happy to assist them relocating to another country.
Celebrate the day, celebrate our nation.
Semper Fidelis!
Black Widow? AGAIN?!?
So, yesterday I ordered a pizza, and decided to wait with my front door open to get some fresh air in my house. As I opened the door, I heard a tearing noise, and knew that I was ripping fresh spider webs. I looked down, and sure enough, there was a full-grown female black widow in the doorway of my house! I killed her, but the male got away; hopefully, I got all of the egg sacs. There was much spraying of insecticide in my home!
While I'm sure that this would be traumatic for anyone, some of my readers are aware that I have a history with black widow spiders. The summer of my ninetheenth year, I was working as an Ecology instructor at Camp Thunderbird (a Boy Scout Camp near Moberly, MO). We had actually captured two large female black widows and stuck them in a double-ended salt and pepper shaker to display so that the Scouts we were teaching could see what these dangerous arachnids looked like. Both females laid egg sacs while in captivity.
Weeks later, when we were breaking down the camp at the end of summer, I knocked over the shaker. Both egg sacs had hatched, and two adult and thousands of new-born black widow spiders decided that my right arm was the path to salvation! I spent several minutes dancing and screaming like a wild man and rushed to use staff shower facilities.
Several hours later, while waiting in line for dinner, I felt an itching on the back of my neck. I swatted at it, and, sure enough... a baby black widow! I believe that my distress was understandable, having had deadly poisonous spiders on my body for the better part of day. Some of my friends on the staff decided that, since we had the night off, we should all go to Moberly and watch a movie to help me wind down. And what was playing, you ask, in the Moberly Theater that weekend in the summer of 1990?
ARACHNOPHOBIA.
I have to wonder, what is it about me and man-killers? The black widow spiders, the ex-wife, the crazy girlfriends... Coincidence? I think not!
While I'm sure that this would be traumatic for anyone, some of my readers are aware that I have a history with black widow spiders. The summer of my ninetheenth year, I was working as an Ecology instructor at Camp Thunderbird (a Boy Scout Camp near Moberly, MO). We had actually captured two large female black widows and stuck them in a double-ended salt and pepper shaker to display so that the Scouts we were teaching could see what these dangerous arachnids looked like. Both females laid egg sacs while in captivity.
Weeks later, when we were breaking down the camp at the end of summer, I knocked over the shaker. Both egg sacs had hatched, and two adult and thousands of new-born black widow spiders decided that my right arm was the path to salvation! I spent several minutes dancing and screaming like a wild man and rushed to use staff shower facilities.
Several hours later, while waiting in line for dinner, I felt an itching on the back of my neck. I swatted at it, and, sure enough... a baby black widow! I believe that my distress was understandable, having had deadly poisonous spiders on my body for the better part of day. Some of my friends on the staff decided that, since we had the night off, we should all go to Moberly and watch a movie to help me wind down. And what was playing, you ask, in the Moberly Theater that weekend in the summer of 1990?
ARACHNOPHOBIA.
I have to wonder, what is it about me and man-killers? The black widow spiders, the ex-wife, the crazy girlfriends... Coincidence? I think not!
26 June 2008
D.C. vs. Heller
The decision has been returned. The District of Columbia's gun ban is unconstitutional, and the Second Amendment protects the individual right to bear arms, not connected with military service.
24 June 2008
Even Better Than Ron Paul Dropping Out!
The Berkely, CA City Council has officially renounced it's special treatment of anti-military protesters. Move America Forward and the other people involved have all done an outstanding job!
22 June 2008
110
Yes, for those of you wondering what's up with hilarious yet strangely lame videos piling up on my blog, I simply wanted to get in 110 posts (my total for 2007) before the end of June. Since I'm working 12 hour night shifts this week because of the Missouri flooding, I find myself with a few odd minutes to spare... and YouTube beckons!
20 June 2008
19 June 2008
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