December 2010 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Another memo from the Vast Gun Nut Conspiracy

Why voting matters, even if you have to hold your nose sometimes.Breyer Fires Warning Shot Across Second Amendment’s Bow Friday, December 17, 2010 On Sunday, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer reminded Americans why it is important to vote for a president whose nominees to the court will likely be faithful to the Constitution, to vote for U.S. senators who will reject nominees who likely will not be faithful, and to vote for federal and state legislators who can check and balance justices...

Published Sat, Dec 18 2010 7:32 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Politics, Liberty...and its Detractors, Citizenship, Gun Rights

Interesting historical tidbits...

On this day in 1941, the pilots of the American Volunteer Group, AKA the Flying Tigers, leapt into the air war against the Japanese in China , entering combat over Kunming, China. And where were you on this day in 1989? I was in the kitchen of Mom and Dad's, home on leave for Christmas, talking on the phone with the wife (who was also in town for Christmas) of a high school buddy of mine, trying to talk her down from the ceiling as she had awakened that morning to find out that her husband was...

Published Mon, Dec 20 2010 10:21 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff

December 23, 1941

After a spirited defense in which the Marines become the first to sink Japanese surface combatants, Major Devereux and the defenders of Wake Island strike their colors and surrender .

Published Thu, Dec 23 2010 7:21 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Liberty...and its Detractors

December 24, 1944

War takes few holidays, the Christmas Truce of 1914 notwithstanding. World War II. In the air, on the ground, in Europe and the Pacific. Today was a rough day on the soldiers who earned their Medal on Christmas Eve during World War II. 4 of the 5 were posthumous awards. More on that in a bit. BIDDLE, MELVIN E. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company B, 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Place and date: Near Soy, Belgium, 23-24 December 1944. Entered service at: Anderson, Ind...

Published Fri, Dec 24 2010 4:50 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor, In Memoriam

'Rican Style Caroling in Guantánamo Bay

Recently, a contingent from PRNG went caroling to its brothers deployed in Guantánamo Bay. It's convenient that San Juan is just a jump and a skip away when you take a C-130 to do your caroling rounds. Oh, and did I mention that our carols are a bit *er* different than yours? Boq

Published Sun, Dec 26 2010 5:43 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Militaria

"We must be the great arsenal of democracy."

December 29, 1940. The world is a scary place, and getting scarier. War rages in North Africa and China. With the fall of France in the summer, the horror has slackened a bit in Europe as the tyrants catch their breath. The continent of Europe lies bleeding beneath the tyrant's heel (just a different tyrant in the East, and lesser tyrants in Rome, Vichy and Madrid admittedly). England stands seemingly alone, her skies filled with German bombs and bombers.President Roosevelt prepares the country...

Published Wed, Dec 29 2010 5:09 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Politics, Citizenship

1775. Benedict Arnold tries to free Quebec from imperialist domination

... and fails , Causing us to establish the odd military tradition of promoting people to general officer after they fail in their objective, apparently because they meant well, and, in Arnold's case, got wounded. Oh, sure, he did okay at Ticonderoga, and Fort Stanwix, and Saratoga, but c'mon - losing *Canada*? And condemning the Canadians to live under the brutal heel of Britain - to this day. Which leads them to invent single-payer health care, which, damn their eyes, they're trying...

Published Fri, Dec 31 2010 10:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff

Just in Time For Christmas...

Bad Cat Robot takes time from building the Solar Proctostimulator and sends... TSAnta. I want one . I wish I was both clever enough to have thought it up and artist enough to have drawn it. Which means... *Bill* should have done this!

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 5:18 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!

'Tis the season...

I'm not in a position to assess this beyond face value, other than to say that Casey has been around here a long time, and has never asked for help before, and I have no reason to doubt what he says in this difficult-to-make-request. Here's the note from Casey:From the unemployment trenchesIt's becoming more common these days to hear stories like this one; I'm out of work, can't get a job, can't pay the water or electrical bill.Obama's war on our economy has inflicted...

Published Thu, Dec 02 2010 10:30 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: The Great Depression Redux

Head X-Ploding News Of The Day

For five years, I used to live in Ames, IA...

Published Sun, Dec 05 2010 7:02 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Disgust with Everybody

Colombia's Armored Armani

It is good to know that an old contact of mine is doing fine and well in his "Bidnez"...

Published Tue, Dec 07 2010 5:01 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: General Commentary

Two observations...

One funny - this could be the Castle if the cats understood the phone and swiped a credit card... H/t, Kevin One sublime, regarding Pearl Harbor... " We are both still here ." H/t, Toluca Nole.

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 5:21 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, I think it's funny!, Castle Pr0n

Ah, paratroopers.

Or, in this case, fallschirmjägern. Oh, niece piece, too.

Published Fri, Dec 10 2010 5:50 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: GWOT Whatever it is..., Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits

K9 Fast Movers

Sigh - Air support has gone to the dogs...

Published Sun, Dec 12 2010 6:11 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: I think it's funny!

Another anniversary militant...

This time a little closer to us on the timeline, and frankly more interesting than pulling Saddam out of a hole in the ground in 2003, only to shovel him back into one three years later... but I digress.No, let's talk the Battle of Fredericksburg, more specifically the fighting on Marye's Heights, and in particular one individual at that fight.Tired of "Little Mac's" excuses and unwillingess to risk the Army of the Potomac, a formation that he had admittedly much improved, Lincoln...

Published Mon, Dec 13 2010 10:06 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Citizenship, Defending the Homeland

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