Monthly Archives: June 2009

Whiskey Tango Friday

The headline says it all

Wheelchair stolen from
amputee

A man in New Bedford who lost an arm and a leg relies on a motorized wheelchair to get around.

But, his “life-line” was stolen and now his community is reaching out to help. Friends and even total strangers pitched in to buy Eddie Kramer a new wheelchair. And though he’s thankful, he says he wants his old chair back.

Kramer says “I’m stuck here now, you know?”

Like he does almost every night, Eddie Kramer left his wheelchair on the back porch, the next day, it was stolen.

Kramer says, “You got to be a piece of work to steal somebody’s wheelchair.”

Seriously… I know there’s a recession going on and times are tough, but stealing a man’s wheelchair is just ridiculous.

Unable to get to the asskicking contest because of some clown

Unable to get to the asskicking contest because of some clown

UPDATE: Completely unrelated, but completely WTF?!? What Barack Obama owes Michael Jackson

ZING!

BWAHAHA!!

Fun Twitter conversation between Fly Navy and Navy Photos….

NavyNews: Woooooowwwww — shot of the day and it is of the USAF. GOTTA check this out. Sorry @flynavy. http://bit.ly/138eL2

flynavy: @NavyNews Sure, but you could take a picture of 9 Super Hornets for the same price… Is that $$$ vaporizing off its wings?

An Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

An Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

Around the Fleet

 Lightning strikes behind the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Albany (SSN 753) as severe weather moves over Naval Station Norfolk.

Lightning strikes behind the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Albany (SSN 753) as severe weather moves over Naval Station Norfolk.

Puff, Puff, Give

Snoop Doggy Il and his backup dancers

Snoop Doggy Il and his backup dancers

Glorious Leader Kim Jong Il has made the extremely awesome statement that he will “Wipe the United States off the map.”

I think Pentagon Spokesman Geoff Morrell had the perfect response to that statement..
“I don’t even know how you respond to such silliness. Wipe the United States off the map? For what and with what?”

Nice! I’m glad someone stood up and said NK is writing checks they can’t cash. If you want to dance, Big Daddy Kim, you better bring it with both barrels.

And a step ladder……shorty.

Oh, and better find some better toys, because one 6 kiloton explosion is going to do much except piss us off.

Unintended Consequences?

Or is it all part of the grand strategy???

I was never in the military but would like to pass along an experience from this past weekend. On Sunday, I called a friend in LA to wish him Happy Father’s Day. Because he knows I voted for W, he put on a Persian friend who has been watching events on TV and the Internet. She said, “Francis tells me you supported Bush; I have difficulty believing Bush had any positive influence in my country until I saw a sign that read,’Warning: Look What Happened to Saddam!’”

Now, here’s the kicker; she went on to say,”It is no mistake that Bush invaded two countries on Iran’s border to influence Iran.”

I said,”So, for a dumb guy, W is pretty wily.”

She said,”I guess so.”

(H/T BlackFive)