May 2011 - Argghhh!

[Click the tank for a slightly larger version] Heartless Libertarian asks the Grognards, Assembled , to ID the tank and operator of same. Eclectic vehicle. I expect you'll get this quick. Sic 'em!

WARNING: DO NOT continue, if your suffer from high blood pressure.

People take for themselves and give to you time to smell the roses, and note the important things, and the little things. A sense of politesse. Not because big city people won't, or can't - it happens all the time - but because it gets lost in the surrounding bustle. What was exciting to me when I was younger is enervating now. As President of the Leavenworth Rotary Club, I've presided over the greatest die-off of Rotarians in the decade I've been a member of this club. That speaks...

Ah - The simple joys of old school board games. Boq

...from someone who used to work in the field of clandestine operations. Nameless at his request.It is only 0500 on 2 May 2011 and I have already received a number of emails and calls asking me to comment on the operation that resulted in the death of Usama bin Laden (UBL.) While it is early days in the wake of the assault, and I know nothing more about it than we are all seeing on TV, I do know enough about the area and the intelligence/tactical military requirements involved in an attack like this...

USNA 's Superintendent VADM Michael H. Miller addressed the midshipmen corps Monday evening in Annapolis Maryland. And his punch-line, well... couldn't better be said. Boq

Those are timid eyes for a tread-head.

I'm perfectly willing to give the President credit where it's due - and giving the "go" order slots neatly into that. And ensuring, when he took office, that the appropriate people understood that bin Laden was *still* a #1 priority. All good. But to make it out like this wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been in the Oval Office? Please. Remember - this wetwork was the culmination of information obtained... from Gitmo detainees, something that we are to suppose a President...