Superb article from Iraq War Vet.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
BRAVO FOR SHERRIFF JUDD!!!
POLK COUNTY FLORIDA SHERIFF GRADY JUDDGotta admire the man for being honest.
Florida 's got it right. Bravo for Sheriff Judd
Some 'dirtbag' in Polk County Florida who got pulled over in a routine traffic stop ended up 'executing' the deputy who stopped him. The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed. A state wide manhunt ensued.
The low-life was found hiding in a wooded area with his gun. SWAT team officers open fired and hit the guy 68 times.
Now here's the kicker:
Naturally, the media went nuts and asked why they shot him 68 times... Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, told the Orlando Sentinel: 'Because that's all the ammunition we had !!' (Talk about an all-time classic answer !!!)
Naturally, the media went nuts and asked why they shot him 68 times... Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, told the Orlando Sentinel: 'Because that's all the ammunition we had !!' (Talk about an all-time classic answer !!!)
The Mother of All Pre-Game Speeches
Attack, Attack, Always to the Attack!!
Offensive, Defensive and Team philosophies below:
"Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom."
"I don't want to get any messages saying, "I am holding my position." We are not holding a Goddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything, except the enemy's balls. We are going to twist his balls and kick the living shit out of him all of the time. Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like shit through a tin horn!"
"There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change; it is, 'To use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."
George S. PattonNow folks, General Patton was speaking to men who were going into battle. He was speaking of war. Football is not war, it is not a millionth of the horror and atrocity that is war. Football is however, the greatest physical struggle we will ever experience in our scholastic careers. We attack and defend territory, we attempt to mentally and physically disrupt our opponents schemes and we sure as shootin try to break their will on the field.Patton's attitudes are relevent! We are a nation at war and this is a world of struggle. Do not forget this as you prepare for the gridiron contests ahead. Attitude precedes and largely dictates all to follow. What you learn now will always be at your side in your life to come. Agree or disagree with GS.P., you are better for the mental conversation.
As an aside, one of Patton's dictums was "Grab-em by the nose and kick-em in the ass". In practice what he was talking about was to engage an enemy in the front, flank them with tanks and roll up their lines of communication and supply in the rear. It was a wildly successful strategy in the Western European theater of WW2.
A football analogy would be the play-action-pass. Run the ball; the defense responds by loading the box/attacking the run game and then throw the ball off of play-action against a thinly defended or out-of-position defensive backfield.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Dust It Up!
Fighting the Good Fight!
Streets of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t4eCq0N_hI&feature=related
Second Hand Lions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0uUHnV-IvU&feature=PlayList&p=E2BA72D6168141B8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=25
Talkin the good smack!
George S. Patton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFe63H_pyh4&feature=related
Streets of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t4eCq0N_hI&feature=related
Second Hand Lions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0uUHnV-IvU&feature=PlayList&p=E2BA72D6168141B8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=25
Talkin the good smack!
George S. Patton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFe63H_pyh4&feature=related
Germanicus Caesar Speaks
Germanicus Caesar (15 B.C.-19 A.D.) Roman General
Spaniards can be impressed by the courtesy of the conqueror, French by his riches, Greeks by his respect for the arts, Jews by his moral integrity, Africans by his calm and authoritative bearing, but the Germans are impressed by none of these things. They must be struck into the dust, struck down again as they rise. Struck again while they lie groaning, while their wounds still pain them; they will respect the hand that dealt them.
Attributed
Wow! With the 20-20 hindsight of the last 2000 years it certainly gives meaning to "national character"! Since Germany wasn't a state til quite recently in historical terms, it speaks to culture.
This begs the question: Do we really want to disassemble NATO or let a German led Europe cast adrift?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
A Senator With The Courage Speak Honestly!
Fellow reccomends Hari Kari for AIG executives! http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090317/usa/us_politics_insurance_public_aid_aig
The best part of this article is the on-line responses to it. Overwhelmingly in support!
The best part of this article is the on-line responses to it. Overwhelmingly in support!
Monday, March 16, 2009
24 Thoughts on Government and Politics
In this era of the biggest government intervention in the economy since the Great Depression, I found an e-mail recently sent to me was somewhat poignent. It makes for some good thought topics, some of which I agree with and some I don't.
We live in interesting times indeed!
. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that oneuseless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or moreis a congress.--
John Adams
2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed,if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.-- Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a memberof Congress. But then I repeat myself.-- Mark Twain
4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself intoprosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying tolift himself up by the handle .-- Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can alwaysdepend on the support of Paul.-- George Bernard Shaw
6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to hisfellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with yourmoney.-- G. Gordon Liddy
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and asheep voting on what to have for dinner.-- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money frompoor people in rich countries to rich people in poorcountries. -- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
9. Giving money and power to government is like givingwhiskey and car keys to teenage boys.-- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great fiction, through whicheverybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybodyelse.-- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
11.. Government's view of the economy could be summedup in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keepsmoving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.-- Ronald Reagan (1986)
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government andreport the facts.-- Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait untilyou see what it costs when it's free!-- P.J. O'Rourke
14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens togive to the other.-- Voltaire (1764)
15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!-- Pericles (430 B.C.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe whilethe legislature is in session.-- Mark Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.-- Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal,with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility atthe other end.-- Ronald Reagan
19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharingof the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.-- Winston Churchill
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermistis that the taxidermist leaves the skin.-- Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effectsof folly is to fill the world with fools.-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
22. There is no distinctly native American criminalclass...save Congress.-- Mark Twain
23. What this country needs are more unemployedpoliticians.-- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
24. A government big enough to give you everything youwant, is strong enough to take everything you have.-- Thomas Jefferson
We live in interesting times indeed!
. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that oneuseless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or moreis a congress.--
John Adams
2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed,if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.-- Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a memberof Congress. But then I repeat myself.-- Mark Twain
4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself intoprosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying tolift himself up by the handle .-- Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can alwaysdepend on the support of Paul.-- George Bernard Shaw
6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to hisfellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with yourmoney.-- G. Gordon Liddy
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and asheep voting on what to have for dinner.-- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money frompoor people in rich countries to rich people in poorcountries. -- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
9. Giving money and power to government is like givingwhiskey and car keys to teenage boys.-- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great fiction, through whicheverybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybodyelse.-- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
11.. Government's view of the economy could be summedup in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keepsmoving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.-- Ronald Reagan (1986)
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government andreport the facts.-- Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait untilyou see what it costs when it's free!-- P.J. O'Rourke
14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens togive to the other.-- Voltaire (1764)
15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!-- Pericles (430 B.C.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe whilethe legislature is in session.-- Mark Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.-- Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal,with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility atthe other end.-- Ronald Reagan
19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharingof the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.-- Winston Churchill
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermistis that the taxidermist leaves the skin.-- Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effectsof folly is to fill the world with fools.-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
22. There is no distinctly native American criminalclass...save Congress.-- Mark Twain
23. What this country needs are more unemployedpoliticians.-- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
24. A government big enough to give you everything youwant, is strong enough to take everything you have.-- Thomas Jefferson
Monday, March 9, 2009
Ain't Life Amazing
Oh Baby, drawing a breath is so beautiful in all of its affirming simplicity...I am by God Alive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGCLubIDPfE
Hold your face in a tub of water for three minutes and you have an effective counter argument!!
Macte Virtue....Increase in excellence!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get better each day...get better with each breath you take.... how the hec do you do that???
Macte Virtue for Dummies...Read a book....remember one persons name more than you did the day before, find one thing you like doing and do it one more time than the day before.
In short, you know what feels good in your heart and feels "right" to do....do more of it and don't worry yourself with the payback...Do what is right, because it is right".
Right now, the right thing, and tomorrow the right thing is to play with ideas.
Here is one in the form of a question...Where is your center? Where are you focused spiritually and intellectually now? Followed by...Why do you matter?
R
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGCLubIDPfE
Hold your face in a tub of water for three minutes and you have an effective counter argument!!
Macte Virtue....Increase in excellence!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get better each day...get better with each breath you take.... how the hec do you do that???
Macte Virtue for Dummies...Read a book....remember one persons name more than you did the day before, find one thing you like doing and do it one more time than the day before.
In short, you know what feels good in your heart and feels "right" to do....do more of it and don't worry yourself with the payback...Do what is right, because it is right".
Right now, the right thing, and tomorrow the right thing is to play with ideas.
Here is one in the form of a question...Where is your center? Where are you focused spiritually and intellectually now? Followed by...Why do you matter?
R
Dear Lover
When you wake-up in the morning, look at her and know it's been over for a year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVF1lTOon0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVF1lTOon0&feature=related
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