This statement on the budget by Secretary Gates. I’ve only had a chance to quickly peruse it-but I think he’s made some of the right calls on first glance. F-22 -How many yachts are enought Gordon? DDG-1000? Right call there. VH-71? Did it to itself. Missile defense? No comment for
Author: Skippy-San
The burgh……..
Greetings from Pittsburgh. My son had to work yesterday getting off at 6:30 am. He took some time to sleep and then we got together. Had dinner, went to the shopping mall, figured out how to artfully dance around the emotional landmines that are ever present in our conversations. He
Continue readingI don’t care about the children……..
If I hear the phrase, “Think of the debt we are leaving our children” one more time-I’m going to go postal. I’ve got a secret to tell you-it won’t do the kids much good if Mom and Dad don’t have all the money they need to take care of them
Continue readingHeading North
Going to visit my son for a few days. posting will be light. So talk among yourselves about this tidbit from John Cole-which I happen to agree with: You know who probably deserves some scorn but isn’t receiving it? HGTV. How many episodes of House Hunters or Property Virgins or
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The word satire must be missing from the language of Tagalog. From Hemlock comes this story of a Hong Kong writer who decided to have some fun and make a point: It is clear that something is up as the two Filipino elves report for duty at Perpetual Opulence Mansions
Continue readingHow you will know the recession is ending…..
You stop fixating on MILF’s. Researchers in America examined photographs of actresses and pored over back issues of Playboy magazine to see whether there was a correlation between attraction and national prosperity. They found that women with mature facial features — smaller eyes, larger chins and stronger faces — were
Continue readingI’ll bet you thought I forgot………
Women’s history month. Not a chance. Here is a review session for those who love the month of March as much as I do.
Continue readingHe must have never gotten the memo…….
Dick Cheney that is. Current CENTCOM gives him and ADTAKE*: *Advise action Taken. A message from higher authority asking you (sometimes not very politely) WTFO. Getting one was not a good thing.
Continue readingMore on the Narita accident…
Wind shear is a powerful thing. On March 23, aircraft started landing at Narita at 6 a.m. Winds up to 72 kph were blowing mainly from the northwest. Before the accident, 12 aircraft had landed safely under these conditions, including a Japan Airlines jumbo jet and a Nippon Cargo Airlines
Continue readingThe Gamble
I finished Tom Ricks book The Gamble a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been going back and re-reading certain sections to make sure I understand exactly what he was trying to say. Here is my take on the book. 1) At first I was truly worried that Ricks had drunk
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