Argghhh!

Courtesy of John Hinderaker at Power Line:The Obama administration has deliberately fettered our energy sector in pursuit of "green" goals. No other country in the world is that stupid; certainly not Brazil:My emphasis.Now, why did that jump right the hell off the screen register with me?Simple. I know guys who used to be 'Structor Pilots with the Flight School who are now plying their trade in Brazil -- they each found a job there because they couldn't find one *here*.Which is...

According to General Carter Ham, commander of AFRICOM in a press briefing, as reported by Josh Rogin in Foreign Policy:"We do not provide close air support for the opposition forces. We protect civilians," Gen. Carter Ham, the top military official in charge of the operation, told reporters in a conference call on Monday. The problem is, there is no official communication with the rebel forces on the ground and there is no good way to distinguish the rebel fighters engaged against the government...

Why, I believe it was crashing shibboleths!First up - a voice of sanity (a Marine, more's the stun) on the issue of making women into grunts. Written by a BAM. She doesn't say, "Don't do it!" She says, "Let's slow down and take a look at it, eh?"That crash you just heard? A paradigm shifting. Didja hear that, Doctrine Man!!? Of is the swiff-swiff-swiff of that new eye-talian suit drowning out the falling shibboleths? Then there's this News from the Electric...

That's when you know things are working like they're supposed to. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on what it's like work for the government in Beijing , er, Washington, the District of Columbia: "The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. In our country, 3,000 people do, 3 million. In a country where only three people make the decision, they can decide where to put their rail line, get the money...

Simply.Not.True. From a Yahoo article on Lone Gunmen : "In 1994, Congress approved a 10-year ban on 19 types of military-style assault weapons. This ban would have prevented Holmes from purchasing one of the four firearms police found on him and in his car — the assault rifle. The ban also would have prevented Holmes from buying new high capacity ammunition magazines so that he could fire off more shots before without having to reload. But that law expired in 2004, and it's been more...

From: Courtney To: John Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:11 AM Subject: New NBC Competition Series - "Stars Earn Stripes" Hi there, I wanted to reach out to you about a new show we have premiering on NBC Aug. 13th at 8/7c – Stars Earn Stripes. It’s a new reality TV series, produced by Mark Burnett and *** Wolf, that is unlike any other. Eight celebrities will be taken to a secret camp, where their limits will be tested. Each celebrity will be paired with a REAL military or law...

Only one Medal today. WWII. Okinawa. One very tough and first class Private. CRAFT, CLARENCE B. Rank and organization: Private, First Class, U.S. Army, Company G, 382d Infantry, 96th Infantry Division. Place and date: Hen Hill, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 31 May 1945. Entered service at: Santa Ana, Calif. Birth: San Bernardino, Calif. G.O. No.: 97, 1 November 1945. Citation: He was a rifleman when his platoon spearheaded an attack on Hen Hill, the tactical position on which the entire Naha-Shuri-Yonaburu...

- the VA is still as dicked up as it was last week. Ambassador Stevens is still dead and no one has been held accountable. On either side. The Dreamers are swarming the border, creating a humanitarian crisis. The EPA is wanting to rape your wallet and my land. But no, BERGDAHL BERGDAHL BERGDAHL! (I'm guilty, too)