April 2014 - Argghhh!

Well, MRAPs. Sometimes the news is just so drearily awful that you have to sit back and almost appreciate the pure comedy induced by it. Take this item from Washington, Iowa, where the local police have recently acquired an MRAP vehicle (short for Mine Resistance Ambush Protected) through a Defense Department program that donates excess vehicles originally produced for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to local police departments across the United States, including other Iowa towns such as Mason City...

I objected to this sign in it's original form, because I know several gun-owning Liberals and several more who, while they wouldn't touch a gun by choice, don't believe that ours should be taken from us. That, and I'm not quite the fan of Nugent other's are, given his own description of how he influenced his draft status. So, I tweaked it a bit. But let's face it, if you *really* want to annoy a hoplophobe - remind them this could be in the house next door and they'd never...

"The first shot of World War I by the U.S. was fired in Puerto Rico on the 21st of March 1915, ordered by a Puerto Rican serving in the U.S. Army, Lieutenant Teofilo Marxuach. Lt. Marxuach was officer of the day at El Morro Castle, at the entrance to San Juan Bay. An armed supply ship for German submarines in the Atlantic, the Odenwald, tried to force its way out of the bay. Lieutenant Marxuach ordered his men to open fire from the walls of the fortress and forced the ship to return to port...

The Garrison Command Sergeant Major wants to speak to you. Don't forget your reflective belt.

That's just being efficient, right there. General Ripley would be pleased. As would Colonel Gorgas , if from a different perspective. British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet. FORT CARSON, Colo. Pfc. Justin Jones, infantryman, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, gets into position as an enemy sniper, March 13, 2014. Jones was playing a member of the opposition force to help his...