Happy Hour

"IF A LIFETIME CAN BE LIKENED TO A DAY, THEN THIS IS HAPPY HOUR!"
BUCK PENNINGTON

Mother, Mother Ocean

Mother, Mother Ocean, I've heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
You've seen it all, you've seen it all
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
In your belly you hold the treasures, few have ever seen
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred year's too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late

Yoda

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is."
―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

Counted the Stars

Counted the stars on the 4th of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I'm doin' fine
We used to be so happy once upon a time
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line
And the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line


""SOME SEE A GLASS AS HALF FULL, SOME SEE IT AS HALF EMPTY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO’S DRINKING MY RUM."
Rumbear

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Accident on USS John Stennis

An F/A-18 Hornet had an engine explode during ops in the SoCal OP Area off San Diego. Injuries but no reported fatalities.
Prayers for shipmates please.
North County Times. Accident on John Stennis

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A-10 hits Libyan surface vessels!

So sad!!!!! That gun can raise holy hell with any and all targets! The picture at Buck's Place should give you all an idea.
Buck has an excellent post here, so enjoy!
Be Afraid. Very Afraid!!!!!

Kansas Legislature passes voter ID bill!

The Sunflower State votes sanity! From KansasCity.com.
Way to go Jayhawkers!
I wonder how the former governor, kathleen slutbelius is taking it. Since she thinks a matricular card is acceptable for services and handouts, this must have here panties in a wad. And I just know that the AG, holder of the oblunder nutsack is probably beside hisself!!!!!!!!
Yay Kansas! Spent eleven years in Kansas, still love it.
Voter ID bill goes to Brownback

America Needs Our Help-9.12 Project

I found this one in my inbox from the 9.12 Project. I am a member of that network. I get updates.
Poignant and thought provoking. So hopefully the link will take you there.
America Needs Our Help

Monday, March 28, 2011

Sunday, March 27, 2011

VMFA-333 Wanna meet some really crazy guys?

This outfit has a rather checkered history. As in lock the doors and windows when they come to town.
About 36 years ago we did a Fleet Carrier Qualification on Independence. Trip Trey was there with there Phantoms.
Shamrocks as the aircraft were marked as part of the Air Wing on America in 1972

Today's version with Hornets
This squadron when still flying Phantoms on a deployment to Cubi Point, RP got kicked of the Station and then had to go to Naha, Okinawa.

Rule 5 Linkage from Christopher

Rule 5, Japanese Edition
Shameless. I know. But I give credit for the link!
CONSERVATIVE PERSPECTIVE is the place I got the link!
Enjoy!

Douglas AC-47 Spooky aka Puff, the Magic Dragon

I will not go down and tell my children I didn't have the courage, the conviction, the commitment or the character to fight for this country...Don't go home and let your children down~~ LTC Allen West

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

‎"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.("Therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war")" from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus)