Good riddance

The Army has put to rest the most worthless headgear of all time, the black beret. I know most SF, Ranger and Airborne guys wear them with pride, but for practicality, they have no purpose. The last ten years have seen a wealth of jokes regarding the berets. A previous experiment with them long ago ended much the same way. When the Army switched to the beret, I was against it, like my opinion matters, because the black beret was the symbol for the Rangers who EARNED the damned things.
Soldiers will be returning to the classic ball cap, officially known as a patrol cap.
Lets admit it, head gear has style as well as function. The two best were the campaign hat commonly known as the round brown and still worn with pride by drill sergeants, and the boonie.
The next step needs to be the ACUs. Lets go back to the OD greens for a fatigue uniform. I don't want to entirely scrap the cammo, not by a long shot. For troops in combat, it is essential, for garrison duties it is a waste of money. The old pickle suits cost about twenty bucks a uniform, one third of what BDUs cost, and a fraction of what soldiers shell out for the ACUs. Desk clerks and grease monkeys would fare better with the simple OD. It was easy to maintain, cheap to replace, and not a killer to work in. For guys maintaining a track, why ruin combat gear when a simple outfit is available?
My last argument ofr the OD is again style. BDUs and ACUs look like shit no matter how you press em. A pickle suit with a gallon of starch ironed to knife edge creases is sharp beyond sharp.
We won't go into foot gear, combat, work, and spit and polish are too much for tonight.

Whats her name?

A reporter asked an old indian what his wife was called.

The chief replied, "Five horses."

"Thats a most unusual name," said the reporter, "does it have to do with what you paid for her?"

"No," said the chief.

IS it because her beauty is like that of a herd of horses? queried the reporter?

"No," said the chief, "It is her name because all she do all day is Nag Nag Nag Nag Nag."

Tit for Tat

Divorce is an ugly thing. I'm not here to bemoan mine, just point out some cold hard facts. Seems an Indiana man was recently arrested for plotting to kill his ex wife, and for stalking her via electronic devices. On the surface, it looks like a typical bad divorce gone ugly, but this time there is a twist. David Voelkert became suspicious when a seventeen year old hottie friended him on facebook. He swore out an affidavit stating he suspected his ex wife Angela was behind the new friend, and that he planned to make some off the top comments that she would likely take to court. his hope was to show she was meddling in his life. he was right! dead on so to speak.
All too often I hear about how everything done in a divorce is "for the children", BULLSHIT! if it was for the kids, the courts would disallow divorces of couples with offspring. I'd say kids, but the cold hard truth is divorce is hard on adult children as well.
Divorces should be, when necessary, a straight forward matter. Joint assets of the marriage should be split 50/50. If one spouse is a stay at home by choice, they should receive less, not more. If it is because of kids, return to the 50/50. As for the kids, again, a 50/50 split. Each child should spend half their time with each parent or that parents family. No money should EVER change hands except in instances where a parent declines custody rights, or is materially unfit because of criminal behavior. In those cases they should pay the supportive parent for the time they are not being a parent. Furthermore, if one parent makes a false claim, that parent should forfeit their rights. Make life hard on the Angela Voelkerts of this world, make them pay.
Divorce courts and divorce attorneys are sexist. They tend to hand everything to the wife. That is wrong, and the courts should be made to correct that. IMHO, all divorces should be amended by legislation. If a father has been denied visitation, he should be compensated at a reasonable rate for his deprivation. Every cent paid in child support should be returned by the payment centers, and extracted from the recipients and their liars err lawyers with interest. Those who do not pay should be given 20 lashes. Then, a month later, if there is still no payment, 20 more.
Abolish the climate that allows the Angela Voelkerts of this world to prey on men.

Diet N Health

This woman is 51.

She is a TV health guru advocating a holistic approach to nutrition and ill health, promoting exercise, a vegetarian diet high in organic fruits and vegetables. She recommends detox diets, colonic irrigation and supplements, also making statements that yeast is harmful, that the colour of food is nutritionally significant, and about the utility of lingual and faecal examination.

This woman is 51 also.

She is a TV cook, who eats nothing but meat, butter and desserts.


Should we now rest our case !?!!

A fake?

According to Paul Irey it is!
Lets all keep in mind that this issue started with Hildabeast. My speculation is that she was bought off by the Obie camp after the primary was through, and she sold out for several reasons.
1. Disclosure of his ineligibility would have defaulted the election to McCain.
2. Clinton is first last and always a bought and paid for socialist, that's a commie without a spine.
3. Her flag shit has been the health care take over ever since Worthless Willie was elected.
4. The election environment virtually guaranteed a democrat majority strong enough to ram it through congress, and again, she is a bought and paid for socialist.
So, we have plenty of reason for Hillary to not want him exposed even though she had the goods, or seems to have had them.
It took them two years to come up with the dang thing. Two years to get it right. yet it appears they may have egg on their faces.
Now is not the time to rock the boat though. the media will continue to ignore the elephant in the room, so why fight them?
After the 2012 election though, its another ball game. If Barry can be proven a fraud, then his appointments are subject to review. Who would you want appointing a replacement for the illegal appointees on the SCOTUS? Gaffer Joe, or a conservative like T Paw, or Palin?

Good cop bad cop

I'm not one to back a bad cop. Never have, never will. Rice University fired an officer after a May 7 incident in which the officer, David Sedmak went to the aid of officers of the Houston PD who had been shot. I see the guy as a hero, the sort of cop you would want arround, one willing to put his life on the line to protect the citizens from a crazed guy with a gun. I have little other info about the guy. Rice saw fit to discharge him for it. Yes he was out of his assigned area, so what? The bad guy, Jesse Brown could just as easily fled toward the campus, students could have been at the station, or a host of other scenarios. Mutual aid, when shit hits the fan, cops are supposed to head it off. Dave did just that. That he was one of hte first to arrive indicates he was in closer proximity then many other cops. We all know hte addage, when seconds count the cops are only minutes away. In this case, Dave was the stopper, the plug in the bottle.
Rice was wrong in my opinion. Unless there are other incidents where he fouled up, He should be retained. This hsould not be a mark against him, he did what a good cop should.

Joplin Mo

I've been off the net for a few days because I went to Joplin. Four friends took me along, and we did damage clean up with Samaritans Purse. It is shocking and sad that 142 people died in the tornado, yet as I looked at the devistation, my thought was that it was amazing that only 142 people died. The destruction stretches for roughly thirteen miles and a mile or more wide. Some one compared the total area to 1800 football fields, it may be more. There has been a lot in the news about the St Johns Hospital and the damage there. Further east, its far worse.
The next six weeks will be spent on cleaning up the wreckage, a monumental task. Much is needed. As a friend posted, don't send cloths if you can send money. Don't send money if you can sponsor a worker. Don't sponsor a worker if you can go. All the help they can get is appreciated. Salvation Army, Red Cross, Samaritans Purse, and others are working to coordinate volunteers with people in need.
We will be returning in three weeks. We take equipment, and when we work, we some times break the machines. Of three skid loaders that we started with, two got broke. When we went to Greensburg, our biggest problems were tires. This time we took solid tires, and eliminated that hassle. Instead we shredded cylinders and pumps.
I am debating on posting any pictures. I only took a few, my friends took a lot. In some ways it feels like an intrusion to take the pictures and post them.