Here’s SarahK’s victory speech. Now we just have to wait for her to get the shirts and then see the photos.
Archive of entries posted on 4th May 2004
Our Military XII
I want to keep this feature going, but I’m nearly out of stories. So, if you have a military story, e-mail me with the subject “Military”. Thanks.
John sent in some more military terminology:
Here are some Navy/Submarine terms
sluff- short little ugly fat fucker
non-qual- person who has not qualified in submarines. Lower than whale shit
buff- big ugly fat fucker
bug juice- Navy Kool Aid. Also a good degreaser.
midrats- late night meal
push button petty officer- A person that was given a petty officer pay grade because of their school and didn’t have to test for it
chop- supply officer
cob- Head enlisted man on the submarine (Chief of the Boat)
boat- submarine. We don’t call submarines ships successful deployement-number of surfaces equaled the nuimber of dives.
DaDougster sent this in. I know I’ve seen the first part before, but the rest is new to me…
USMC Rules for Gunfighting
1. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
2. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
3. Have a plan.
4. Have a back-up plan, because the first one probably won’t work.
5. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
6. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun whose caliber does not start with a “4.”
7. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
8. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)
9. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
10. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
13. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating or reloading.
14. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
15. And above all … don’t drop your guard.
And just to be obnoxious:
Navy SEALS Rules For Gun fighting
1. Look very cool in the latest sunglasses.
2. Kill every living thing within view.
3. Return quickly to looking very cool in latest beach wear.
4. Check hair in mirror.
US Army Rangers Rules For Gun fighting
1. Walk in 50 miles wearing 75 pound ruck while starving.
2. Locate individuals requiring killing.
3. Request permission via radio from “Higher” to perform killing.
4. Curse bitterly when mission is aborted.
5. Walk out 50 miles wearing a 75 pound ruck while starving.
Army Rules For Gun fighting
1. Select a new beret to wear
2. Sew combat patch on right shoulder
3. Reconsider the color of beret you decide to wear
US Air Force Rules For Gun fighting
1. Have a cocktail
2. Adjust temperature on air-conditioner
3. See what’s on HBO
4. Determine “what is a gunfight”
5. Send the Marines
Navy Rules For Gunfighting
1. Go to Sea
2. Drink Coffee
3. Send the Marines
That has to be the fifth reference I’ve seen to the Navy doing nothing but drinking coffee. I really like coffee; maybe I should join the Navy.
On a more serious note…
I am Proud
I’ve always had serious pride in the United States’ Military. Great men with bad guns willing to do bad things for my freedom. Now, I have even more pride. I’ve never claimed that my brother and I see eye to eye on anything except the military, but he’s still a great man. I found out today that he’s off to Iraq and he’s no longer in the Special Forces. He left American soil as a member of the Delta force. He will be fighting soon for your freedom and for my freedom. Sgt. Marc and everyone in the military (but mostly him right now) deserve many thanks. So, something I never thought I’d say…..Thank you Marc….Please, be safe. Marc is very religious and as everyone knows, I am not. In this case, though, I’ll say that if there is a god…..Watch his back. Marc has the mind of a genius and the heart of a child…Let no one take this from him. I know he’s a very competent man and that anyone near him is safe. May that competence bring him home alive. Please, don’t get killed. I’ll have to join the military and avenge your death. This would end badly and with many nuclear weapons, so, for the sake of humanity….COME HOME SAFE.
To anyone that reads this I say, “Sleep well this night.” There are man and women fighting like hell for you and I to sleep well. To all those men and women in the military I say, “When you get the chance to sleep, please know there are people that appreciate you more than words can describe.” To Marc, “You are loved and sweet dreams, if that’s possible where you’re at.”
Love, your sis,
The Sicilian
Bite-Sized Wisdom: Piss-Poor Enemies, Useless Kerry, What’s Happening, More Excuses from Me, and Ted Rall Has Got to Go
- Is It Wrong to Wish for Better Enemies?: Stupid terrorists can’t even hold on to their own hostages. Sometimes you have to wonder why these nimrods even bother going up against us. I especially am confounded on how some think they’re superior to the West because of their religion. We’re smarter than them, we’re richer than them, we have better weapons and tactics, we have hygiene, our land isn’t nothing but sand, and we’re not overrun by monkeys, yet Allah favors them. Riiiiight.
I remember the Soviets. Though we always knew we were superior to them and lived better lives, at least they could actually threaten to destroy the world. The Islamic extremists should learn from them. - An Outrage: I can’t believe this political statement Kerry just took! It makes me so mad and… Oh, he just changed his position on that; never mind.
Okay, I should say something substantial about John Kerry, but nothing interesting has happened lately. It’s too early to celebrate, but he’s just looking more and more unelectable each day. Maybe the Democrats could do a Torricelli and switch him out for another candidate at the last minute, but who? Jo-Jo the Democrat Monkey? America is in a war mode right now, and it’s obvious all the Democrats still want to be whining about prescription drugs and school lunch programs and what not.
One day most of our threats will be taken care of, and then we can go back to having the inane be the top issues of the day, but not any time soon. - The Haze of War: Speaking of war, I’m really lost on what’s going on right now? Are we killing all the bad guys, or are we just dicking around? Things seem so hopeless at times, but many of the troops I hear from make things don’t seem so bad. And then what happens after June 30th? Are we just going to hope that liberty spreads from Iraq through the rest of the Middle East, or are we going to come out of Iraq like a bat out of hell killing dictators left and right? I know it’s not the Pentagon’s job to keep me informed on such things, but throw me a bone here.
- Save Our Landfills: I did some major cleaning over the weekend, and I had an epiphany. They have a do not call list and are trying to make a do not spam list, so do you think they could make an “I do not want AOL” list?
- Monkey News: It’s all coming together; in Commie China they won’t allow farmers to kill evil monkeys. I’m just glad I live in a free country where I can kill monkeys on a whim.
- The Babe: I know we’re all excited to now see the modeling photos from SarahK. I was thinking about making this IMAO T-Shirt Babe Contest an annual thing like a beauty pageant, but, if SarahK does a good job (as I’m sure she will) I’d rather have one face representing IMAO (other than mine, I mean). So what should be the next contest? Maybe there can be one for artists for the best rendition of Chomps. Any other ideas?
- Me Busy: Sorry I got like nothing today, but on Mondays I have no time to write for Tuesday. I could spend all weekend writing post for the next week, but I don’t wanna/ To balance my job, writing, and having some semblance of a social life, I’ve decided I need to have more focus, and thus, for now, I’m not going to pursue being a columnist to focus more on writing a novel. Someone e-mail Jonah Goldberg and tell him his job is safe… for now.
- Excrement in Human Form: Someone who should lose his job – even though I don’t plan on replacing him – is Ted Rall. Look at his latest comic here and his defense of it here.
Let me give you a little lesson in humor. You might remember my hate mail to Michael Moore I did some time back. The secret to the humor there is that I don’t hate Michael Moore and was laughing the whole time writing the piece. In Rall’s comic, you just imagine the bile in him as he puts his prejudices forward in such a disgusting manner; no one could think that was funny except for a few other moral midgets who share his view.
Anyway, why don’t we in blogosphere do something about it? Rall has been a published idiots long enough. Let’s start a coalition to make Ted Rall lose his job. He doesn’t need to be homeless; I’m fine with him mumbling his crazy political views to himself as he sweeps the floor in McDonalds. Any idea on how to start this? Would is begin with a letter writing campaign to who publish him (MSNBC and Newsweek I think)?
For the time being, I’ll keep my good humor. There always Emperor Darth Misha I out there to be angry enough for the both of us.
UPDATE: Actually, Misha has who you should e-mail to get Rall fired. Check his comment section for a nice civil e-mail from Bill Whittle you should use as an example (bile is what Rall is, and bile won’t get rid of him). Also, Whitler now has up his version of his lunch with me which is a bit different than I remember it. - In the Future: Fellow ronin, I will have a new mission and target soon, so hold on to your one time pads (or, for those who don’t like that term, Vernam ciphers). Also, there was no way I could give a proper finale to The Limey for today, so that should be tomorrow if I don’t have to work horribly late today and can get it done before 24 comes on. Also, if I have time at lunch, I’ll try to have a little something more on my site today. Later, sportsfans.