USMC Wind And The Lion Style

At Corporal's Course, we did a bunch of classes, and PT, and shooting, etc. But one of the stand out things for me was watching the Wind And The Lion. I watched the whole thing only once, but the USMC part I watched about 10 times.

It's a pretty cool scene. They're fighting in their dress blues, which I find cool for some reason. And the blues back then didn't have a white cover, and they wore gators (those shin things), which they talked about bringing back when the Corps switched to digital camies.

Here's the clip of the cool part. It starts at 1:50.

New Political Cycle

Is it already time for more over the top political commercials? Check this out. I should be used to it by now, but I'm still a little shocked by the "This canidate will murder you" template.

A few months ago they had those commercials for universal health care, which showed an ambulance speeding to the hospital, while black SUVs tried to run it off the road. I thought it was absurdly over the top. "Be on our side or the CIA will literally murder your ass".

Remember 10 years ago, with the P-Ditty "VOTE OR DIE", campaign? Jeez. Go easy Lawrence.

This newest video really brings the LOLZ. I saw it at Ace of Spades.



Demon sheep who feast on the entrails of the innocent? Hmmm. Could that possibly be hyperbole?

And because this is the topic, I must show my all time favorite BusHitler video from 2004. I was on the treadmill at the gym when I first saw this, and I about fell off. Wowzers. If I were to make a parody of that, I don't think I could be much more over the top.

Extra Cheezy Just Like Me

Brigadier General

Oh, even though this is can no longer be considered a milblog; you know damn right that I'm going to join in mocking this turd.



Can you spot one or two things wrong with that picture? Right off the bat, he looks like a 30 year old with a soul patch, and he's wearing an Army One Star General's uniform. Well apparently when the Houston Mayor was elected recently, this fellow attended the victory party.

Look at all that redonkulous chest candy!




This is via CDR Salamander:

His decorations include;
Round Patch, right side says "Central Intelligence Agency." Ummm yea. Great start.

Awards:
Around the neck is the British Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
2 Distinguished Service Cross
Air Medal
Flying Cross
2 Silver Star
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
National Defense (too bad he didn't make it easy on us and forget this one)

Devices:
SAS crest
CIB w/ 2 stars
Master jump wings
Helo pilot badge
Air assault wings
Pathfinder

.... and so on. How did he ever have the time to complete JPME 1 & II?

Holy balls. I guess if you're going to lie, go big. For example, notice how there are no unit awards (MUCs and PUCs), or campaign or sea service medals, etc. He doesn't even waste time with a Combat Action Ribbon. Just a solid brick of valor medals. And the uniform isn't even taylored to him. He's swimming in it.

It's really insulting to the warriors who have actually been awarded those medals, but what I find so insulting is how blatent he is about it. He's not even trying to be slick. It's just bald faced lying, and he's running with it.

His Linked-In page is here: Check it out before it comes down. Give it a read. It's absurd.

His Friendster page before it comes down. So you can see the General.

Bouhammer has screenshots.

What I wonder is how did he decide on 2 Crosses? Why not three? Why not one hundred?

Here's another pic of the General. Maybe this was at the Pathfinder school.




Maybe this one was when he received his Silver Star.


Nothing says "General Grade Officer" like this. He's the one in the middle.


What's that say? 2004? You know what I was doing in 2004? I was in Mahmudiya, Iraq getting mortared.

Just sayin.

The Hurt Locker

For those of you that know me, you know that I'm not a big fan of hyperbole. So understand what I'm telling you.

This is the best war movie of all time.

True.

Smell This Shoe!

I'm watching an old DVD of Dude Where's My Car. There's a black lady with a really infectious laugh in it. Her name's Cleo King. She's awesome. She's also in The Hangover, yelling "NOT UP IN HERE!"

"I've got to confiscate your pinky!"

Nobody can laugh as hard as she can. Not even Ray Liotta.

Oh, and the only reason I put in that movie was to watch the "Aaaaaand then" part, but I ended up watching the whole thing. I forgot how funny Andy Dick is. And Buffy the Vampire Slayer is in it. And Alias. And the guy from the old Talk Soup show. And Data.

Hop Slam

Bell's has a seasonal IPA called HopSlam, that beer peeps think is really good. I've had a BJCP judge tell me that it was "Liquid Crack", so I suppose that it's pretty great.

Unfortunately, they do not sell it in Iowa, and I've never tasted it. Limited availability makes people go nanners for stuff, and I'm a perfect example.

Here are the stats:

Original Gravity: 1.087
ABV: 10%
Dates Available: Jan 7th through Feb
States: FL,IN,KY,MI,MN,MO,NC,ND,OH,PA,VI,WI

Well, for Christmas I was given a coupon for this stuff when it comes out. Pretty darn high effort coupon, I'd say.



Well, I heard that it costs $17 per six-pack, which sounds really high. Whenever beer costs more than $10, I get slightly offended. I think "Who do you think you are?"

Good beer should be, I dunno, Seven to Nine Dollars per six-pack.

9/11 and Such

For those of you that are pro-Khalid Sheik Mohammed, or maybe you know some people who are; it should be known that he (and much of the world) are openly proud of what they did.

Just in case you don't know Khalid Sheik Mohammed is the guy being held at Gitmo, and the press is calling him the "Mastermind of 9/11".


Here are some statements from KSM.

The self-professed mastermind and four other men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks declared they are “terrorists to the bone” in a statement that mocked the U.S. failure to prevent the killings.

They also predicted America will fall like “the towers on the blessed 9/11 day.”

In a response to the government’s case, the men also sought to justify the attacks, citing a violent interpretation of Islam and a series of grievances against the U.S., including support for Israel, the Iraq War and abuses at Abu Ghraib prison and in Guantanamo.

“To us, they are not accusations. To us they are badges of honor, which we carry with pride,” the men wrote in the six-page document

So the basic gist of his position is that he loves 9/11. You've heard it before. God Damn America^tm. The Chickens-Have-Come-Home-To-Roost^tm. I do find it odd that terrorists and their sympathizers have to be constantly reminded that time is linear. Um, so the Iraq War is the cause of 9/11? Is that what you think?

OK. It's time for me to get on my high horse and start lecturing. This can be a real teaching moment. Alright, KSM, some people call it ex post de facto fallacy, but Latin sounds too fancy, so I'm going to call it the Things that happen after, can't cause things that happen before, you knucklehead, Fallacy.


That's too long? How about Time is linear, you ass. I'll spell it out, just to leave no stone unturned.

The 9/11 Terror Attacks happened on ..9/11/2001
The Invasion of Iraq happened on .....3/20/2003

OIF started about 557 days AFTER, 9/11.

Facts are stubborn things.

There is no possible way for an event in 2003 to cause an event in 2001. Even thought a good chunk of people boast that I'm wrong, deep down they know I'm right. And intrinsically good.

So, moving along with the 9/11. You might not believe it, but a surprising large part of the world (100% according to Liberals), are very proud of what they did on 9/11 and view OBL as a hero. Some Americans too. I've met them. I don't get why folks deify people like Che, OBL, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, and the rest. Yuck. They must feel like mass murder makes them powerful or good or something.

While the rest of America was watching The System Work^tm over the holidays with a foiled suicide bomber barreling towards Detroit, a group of local Arab-American high school students in nearby Dearborn, Michigan thought it would be a perfect time to show their school spirit...

...by making a T-shirt rejoicing in 9/11.



If we had to grade this on judgment, compassion, and basic human goodness, I suppose we'd give it a solid B+.


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