tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post6956501951035309795..comments2024-03-26T05:18:53.709-04:00Comments on Pen and Sword: Bull Feather Merchants RevisitedJeff Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-53515419978286719052009-07-17T02:18:45.421-04:002009-07-17T02:18:45.421-04:00lovely quotation. Thank you for giving good site ...lovely quotation. Thank you for giving good site to me.<br /><br />justice<br /><br />------------<br /><a href="http://www.directstartv.com/jump.html?referID=oa-1700-149074" rel="nofollow"> Free Satellite TV </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-87747540884832402392009-07-04T10:24:44.851-04:002009-07-04T10:24:44.851-04:00So sorry to bother you again, but I couldn't l...So sorry to bother you again, but I couldn't let this one pass.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thestar.com/fpLarge/photo/660895" rel="nofollow">The Calgary Stampede meets Dr. Strangelove</a>Filostratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469903260877069258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-30711786464848508022009-07-03T16:48:50.744-04:002009-07-03T16:48:50.744-04:00Just a couple of pictures for your album, Jeff. Th...Just a couple of pictures for your album, Jeff. They are such stuff as nightmares are made on (with apologies to Shakespeare).<br /><br /><a href="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.409dc17b99864561aa8bd55326b70779.petraeus_stampede_parade_jmc106.jpg" rel="nofollow">Just a couple of cowboys</a>, with apologies to all the real cowboys out there.<br /><br />Is this the sartorial equivalent of <a href="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.90a5a9a934a842c6b1fc4f778eff5d32.canada_petraeus_jmc101.jpg" rel="nofollow"> the carpet not matching the drapes</a>?Filostratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469903260877069258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-24204467499449482842009-07-03T13:06:15.462-04:002009-07-03T13:06:15.462-04:00Well said, Fil; like the stampede needed any more ...Well said, Fil; like the stampede needed any more bull. <br /><br />JJeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-35121928742493810982009-07-03T12:44:46.049-04:002009-07-03T12:44:46.049-04:00Jeff, in case you noticed that one of your general...Jeff, in case you noticed that one of your generals is missing, I think I know where he can be found.<br /><br /><a href="http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/07/02/10003651-cp.html" rel="nofollow"><br />Head of U.S. Central Command visiting Calgary Stampede</a><br /><br />"'There's a lot going on out there and we'll compare notes on all that but obviously, we're also here for the Stampede. It's great being one of those wearing a white hat," [Petraeus] chuckled.<br /><br />Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier presented Petraeus with a white Smithbilt cowboy hat, a traditional honour for dignitaries and special guests to the city."<br /><br />I always thought the Calgary Stampede had more than enough bull to go around, but I guess not. <br /><br />No reports of one-armed pushups. Not one of the official Stampede competitions...yet.Filostratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469903260877069258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-44581427771795683672009-06-30T23:13:32.612-04:002009-06-30T23:13:32.612-04:00Based on the premise that Adm. Smith and Gen. McCh...Based on the premise that Adm. Smith and Gen. McChrystal can both read and the unlikely possibility that someone would have the balls to show them your post, the mental picture of coal black smoke being blown out of every one of their collective orifices along with other unmentionable chunks gives me a world-class case of grins.<br />Good on you, Commander!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-64622139326970929322009-06-29T13:34:18.032-04:002009-06-29T13:34:18.032-04:00Thanks for the great quote, fil.
Best,
JeffThanks for the great quote, fil. <br /><br />Best, <br /><br />JeffJeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-91539659697188433942009-06-29T12:17:10.874-04:002009-06-29T12:17:10.874-04:00More on McChrystal's "listening tour"...More on McChrystal's "listening tour" from an embedded reporter at the BBC.<br /><br />(Why does "embedded reporter" sound so salacious, and why does it remind me of Petraeus doing one-armed pushups?)<br /><br />Back to the main story:<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8123165.stm" rel="nofollow">McChrystal's Afghan 'listening tour'</a><br /><br />"...[T]he [Afghan] official told the commander that he had only taken his job after being led to believe by the Afghan government that the security situation was good - but it turned out it was not.<br /><br />Gen McChrystal then joked that US President Barack Obama had "done exactly same thing to me" - provoking laughs from the assembled audience."<br /><br />Strange. I don't find that very funny. Maybe I lack a sense of humour. <br /><br />"...[T]his campaign is all about perceptions, as military officials will tell you - and the perception at home and abroad is that it is badly adrift." <br /><br />All about perceptions. Aha! At last I understand (not). <br /><br />A friend's daughter <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/03/13/nb-soldier-family-427.html?ref=rss" rel="nofollow">lost her fiancé in Afghanistan</a> in March. She called him her "..unicorn, because he didn't exist, he was perfect."<br /><br />Maybe that was just her "perception".<br /><br />In one of your previous posts, Jeff, I think you made a mention of the Praetorian Guard. I came across this quote by Seneca about them, "...who of these would not rather see Rome disordered than his hair?"<br /><br />Sounds like a few people I know.Filostratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469903260877069258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-39200106563143362502009-06-28T21:30:38.116-04:002009-06-28T21:30:38.116-04:00Yep and as holbrock said keep the O coming because...Yep and as holbrock said keep the O coming because it's a good thing, It would be if it was in dispensors at work. Good to see nothing has changed.<br />jo6pac<br />Thanks JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-17353449945782868612009-06-28T18:27:53.763-04:002009-06-28T18:27:53.763-04:00Glad McChrystal is so cavalier about his wife'...Glad McChrystal is so cavalier about his wife's attention span. I attended one of my former students wedding yesterday where it was announced that her husband leaves for Afghanistan in August. <br /><br />Wife would kill him? Hope all the folks whose loved ones are returned to Dover read that one, along with all the women who are serving in theatre. What a complete asshole.<br /><br />Buzz MeeksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-7023763714867840292009-06-27T16:03:22.645-04:002009-06-27T16:03:22.645-04:00From an Army Times story yesterday:
"[McChry...From an <a href="http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/06/ap_afghanistan_mcchrystal_062409army/" rel="nofollow">Army Times story yesterday</a>:<br /><br />"[McChrystal] refused to give even an estimate of how long [the war in Afghanistan] might be, saying: 'My wife would kill me if she read something too long...'"<br /><br />I couldn't figure out what, exactly, that was supposed to mean, but my first thought was, "Please, someone give her a copy of War and Peace and then let her do her worst." <br /><br />(Actually, the first thought was, "This guy is married?", but after that came the "long book" idea.)Filostratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469903260877069258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-55876161729166375162009-06-27T14:37:20.018-04:002009-06-27T14:37:20.018-04:00Yep.Yep.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1182497666903791812009-06-27T14:17:16.871-04:002009-06-27T14:17:16.871-04:00I read this LAT story when it came out, and I thou...I read this LAT story when it came out, and I thought it smelled like, I don't know, something that doesn't smell good. You've nailed the absurdity. Net effect of the new directive: Commanders will change the wording of the sentence in their report that explains why they decided to call for air support.dumb gruntnoreply@blogger.com