What also floats in water?

5.56 is too small

Apparently, complaints from the field have convinced the brass asses to review standard ammunition.

There’s a long and involved argument, with plenty of science and dull facts, about what we want munitions to do.  In my opinion, the threat of masses of Red Army infantry rolling across the plains of Hesse is pretty much over – we want something that will put a softball-sized hole center-mass of a hostile, and knock a pot roast out of the exit hole.  Gentlemen, say hello to my little friend .45ACP… and his big brother, caliber 30, design of ‘06.

But keep the 5.56 in storage.  You never know when a billion Chinamen might need that kind of attention.

Pete Stark is a Stupid Man

It’s not a “Dirt Evacuation Implement”, or an “Entrenching Tool”. A spade is a spade, and I like it when someone has the courage to pin a name on it. Walter Todd Houston has the courage to call a tool a tool.

Once again Representative Fortney Hillman “Pete” Stark (D – CA) is a stupid little man whose knee-jerk reactions are based on no knowledge whatsoever. There really is no other way around it – Petey boy is just plain stupid.

Pete Stark is a Stupid Man

Warms my cynical little heart.

Bastiat

We say to [Government], ” I am dissatisfied at the proportion between my labor and my enjoyments. I should like, for the sake of restoring the desired equilibrium, to take a part of the possessions of others. But this would be dangerous. Could not you facilitate the thing for me? Could you not find me a good place? or check the industry of my competitors? or, perhaps, lend me gratuitously some capital which, you may take from its possessor? Could you not bring up my children at the public expense? or grant me some prizes? or secure me a competence when I have attained my fiftieth year? By this mean I shall gain my end with an easy conscience, for the law will have acted for me, and I shall have all the advantages of plunder, without its risk or its disgrace!”

Government, by Frederic Bastiat

Hawkins defies McCain, RWN gets death penalty

As of this writing both RWN and CG are down. Was it caused by Hawkins’ rejection of McCain? Or did one of his guest posters hit the wrong button? We may never know.

UPDATE: He’s back up now, but with no explanation posted.

Just having a little fun, y’all. There’s no way McCain could take down a website. As far as you know.

Help Destroy The Republican Party

John Hawkins of Right Wing News has finally decided that McCain is a disaster.

And he is. John McCain is a hero of the Vietnam War. He is the scion of a distinguished Navy family, and for those things I respect him greatly.

He is also a 24-carat gold plated son-of-a-bitch, a worthless, weaselly, gun-grabbing media whore, a kiss-the-Mexican-ass political opportunist, and a traitor to everything he swore to uphold as a Naval officer. He deserves to be tried and hanged, not elected President. Better than the Democrats? Don’t make me laugh… at least BHO and HRC don’t backstab their friends, or piss in the face of their supporters.

I will never, ever vote for John McCain for anything that doesn’t involve a rope.

Further, here’s a word of wisdom for those who say my stance will destroy the Republican party: Good! The GOP deserves to be destroyed, and those who are now it’s leaders (who have no idea what a Republic is, or what the term means) should be denied a voice in whatever takes it’s place. If it’s five smaller parties, so be it. At least we’ll have a choice.

This is your chance. The Republican Party MUST be destroyed, if there is a chance of survival for freedom. I don’t care who you vote for, as long at it isn’t a hairy-legged, mealy-mouthed, lying backstabbing traitor like John McCain.

The Austin Powers Pee-Pee Joke

more song chart memes

That’s waaay funnier than anything in Any Austin Powers movie.

Big scawy man attackted me!

My Way News – Obama says Bush falsely accused him of appeasement

Oh, get over yourself, you big fuckin baby!  Did he call you by name?  How do you know he wasn’t referring to any of the other shameless, pandering, kiss-the-Hamas-ass Democrat surrender monkeys?

Dubya ain’t one of my favorite people, either, but you’re not running against him.  Idiot.  See if you can beat the girl, first.

Hillary and The Revolution of 2011

A dark comedy, in three acts…

>August 2008- Chaos erupts at the Democratic Convention after DNC Chair Howard Dean allows the delegates from Florida and Michigan to be seated. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York is nominated on the twenty-third ballot.

>October 2008 – Ten days before the general election, former President Bill Clinton collapses at his office in Harlem. He is dead within minutes, and a doctor on the scene blames a massive cerebral hemorrhage.

>November 2008- After being down eight points in polling the day before her husband’s death, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton rides the sympathy vote to a narrow victory. Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee, concedes the race at 9:38 PM Eastern.

Television

I have a whole thing about television, a thing that I have tried to develop into a sincere and meaningful post about the prevalence of video feeds and podcasts on today’s web. Until I get all that ironed out in my head, please read, savor, and think about this brilliant speech by a seemingly brilliant fellow.

In “Gin, Television, and the Social Surplus“, author Clay Shirkey makes more points than a spear factory.

Did you ever see that episode of Gilligan’s Island where they almost get off the island and then Gilligan messes up and then they don’t? I saw that one. I saw that one a lot when I was growing up. And every half-hour that I watched that was a half an hour I wasn’t posting at my blog or editing Wikipedia or contributing to a mailing list. Now I had an ironclad excuse for not doing those things, which is none of those things existed then. I was forced into the channel of media the way it was because it was the only option. Now it’s not, and that’s the big surprise. However lousy it is to sit in your basement and pretend to be an elf, I can tell you from personal experience it’s worse to sit in your basement and try to figure if Ginger or Mary Ann is cuter.

Mary Ann, obviously, and she’s hip to the ganja.

I intend to develop this further, so keep an eye out.

I stole the graphic from here.   Note that while Elvis usually used a .38 to kill TVs, he may have used the .45ACP this time.  The Beatles must have been on Ed Sullivan again.