Gen. George Casey's Finest Hour

Not!

"Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse”

Man! He did not just say that did he?

If George Casey didn't regret spewing that crap the second he uttered it he should resign immediately. But of course, if he had a competent Commnder-In-Chief he would have been asked to submit one already for loss of confidence. Gen. Casey, Ralph Peters is talking to YOU!

Vocal Minority lays out the problem with Casey's little PC slide bullet pretty well:

"Do you understand what this man is saying? He is saying that the loss of “diversity”—the feel-good, meaningless, superficial, and artificial practice of ensuring that a given group has x number of whites, blacks, men, women, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, etc., etc.—is worse than 13 people’s lives violently snuffed out in cold blood by a radical fanatic. In short, protecting a politically correct sacred cow is more important than protecting human life."

I would only add to that description of 'diversity' the modifiers of 'warped' and 'poorly-conceptualized'-- because I believe in the value of the idea of 'diversity'. People from different backgrounds will bring different experience, ideas and perspectives to any group dynamic. And I contrast that 'diversity' with the perverted idea of 'Diversity!': the folly whereby the inane must be given equal respect with the thoughtful merely because it is different (aka "Diversity! for Diversity's! sake") and which eschews societal norms that are needed as a framework for applying diversity in ways that can actually move societies forward.

.....And even the unperverted idea of 'diversity' is irrelevant compared to the taking of innocent lives - the ultimate violation of a civil right.

Well, We Dodged Another Bullet

Too bad the Politicos and Activists are concentrating on destroying us from within...otherwise they might have noticed.

From: Watts Up With That

On Friday November 6th at 2132 UT (16:32/ 4:32PM EST) asteroid 2009 VA barely missed Earth when it flew just 14,000 km above the planet’s surface...

...2009 VA was discovered just 15 hours before closest approach by astronomers working at the Catalina Sky Survey.

And as Anthony Watts notes in the post, there is little official worry about this real threat, compared to the hysteria over the Anthropogenic Global Warming bogeyman. It would be an interesting mind experiment to poll policymakers as to how CLOSE does something 'big' have to come to actually hitting the Earth before they are able to grasp the magnitude of the risk to all Humanity. I suspect the populace will have to be the 'leaders' on this issue before the pols at least act like they give a sh**.

Seems like a good time to remind everyone -- Again -- about the basics of Risk Management.

Warm Mongers

Heh Heh...

Mark Steyn on the Watermelons*:

"The environment” is the most ingenious cover story for Big Government ever devised. You float a rumour that George W. Bush is checking up on what library books you’re reading, and everyone goes bananas. But announce that a government monitoring device has been placed in every citizen’s trash can in the cause of “saving the planet,” and the world loves you.

Read it all here.

*'Green' on the outside, but ALL 'Red' on the inside.

A Family That Serves Together

I've been meaning to post on this for a while. Here's a pic of D3's* Mom's car:

She's a four Blue-Star Mom and every one of her kids has now served in-theater (some multiple times) in the GWOT (call it what you want, it IS what it IS).
Kudo's to her! I'd say she raised a good set of kids.

*D3 is My 'Daughter-In-Law', now serving in Afghanistan.

Another 'Meat Servo' (Helo Style) in the Family

....and I mean that in the most loving, generous and approving way.
Yesterday, Number 1 (and only) Son joined the ranks of licensed pilots.
Proving some dreams can be caught if you pursue them.

When people don't know what you mean,
They may laugh at you and call you green,
They say your words are stupid and your plans are only schemes
Truth is simple, but seldom ever seen,
Let nothing stand between
Simple Man, Simple Dream.
-J.D. Souther

Here He is in July getting some flight hours after he had soloed..

I'm sure his Grandfathers are smiling down upon him.

The Father has 'Gone West'

My Father-In-Law has passed away.

In his honor, here is a photo of him in a fly-by from his tour in Keflavik Iceland, 1959. 'Rusty' is flying the left wing, second echelon.

We were in the 57 FIS, the Black Knights of Keflavik, 20 years apart.
Godspeed Dad.

A Good Man,
Philosopher,
Warrior.

So Long LGF

Well I was going to post something to the effect that Charles Johnson's LGF has completely jumped the shark, but it occurred to me that it had probably already had been done by now.

I am thus leaving LGF behind on all things non-musical. As I recently pointed out in a comment at The Macho Response:

I used to link to LGF, until something happened over there -- and I'm still not certain what it was. I still visit,read it, and agree with a lot of LGF, but I'm just about convinced that CJ's biggest problem is he's far more afraid of fringe Christianists and wacko conspiracy theorists (there's a Venn diagram to those categories) than he is of the actual funded, organized and radical socialist/fascist agenda being played out in right in front of him.

In the past couple of weeks, it has become even weirder over there. The most bizarre is an attempt to lowball the headcount at the 9/12 march in Washington DC. While mocking the ridiculously high 2 million marcher count, LGF in bizzare fashion pushes for the equally ridiculous low end of the estimates. In addition, while posting and linking to every photo of marginal hangers-on (and possible Mobys) at the march, LGF has studiously avoided significant coverage of the majority at the march - a majority clearly shown at other sites.
So long LGF.
We hardly knew ye'.

Viva La Reagan Revolucion!

A 'Brand' upon which you can rely through good times and bad.

Hmmmm. Remember the recent calls by some morons to 'get over' Reagan?

(click here to shop for your own shirt).

"Never Forget" Means Never Forgetting

Amen to that,Mr Whittle!

In the face of a blatent attempt to 'reframe' our perception of what 9/11 is all about and what it should be remembered for, Bill Whittle at PJTV heads up today's Trifecta with Scott Ott and Stephen Green. Within they cogently remind us why no reframing is required. I am somewhat saddened by the need to state the obvious these days, but for the most part I'm just p***ed off.

I'm talkin' to you Obamabots.... I got yer' National Day of Service hangin'.

Capitalism is Evil?

Michael Moore 'thinks' so....

No Michael. But I think you and your ilk are evil. A stupid, vain, pinhead form of evil, but evil none the less.

The best way to deal with this kind of evil is to mock it, and point out just how stupid it is. Now, I'm sure Mr. Moore takes great care to NOT encounter people who are in a position to point out his stupidity, but there must be a couple of people he deals with on any given day who 1. recognizes him and 2. are not dependent upon his good graces for their livelihoods.

So... if any of you happen to run into Mr. Moore, please point at his pathetic self and laugh at him for me will you? I'd do the same for you. I thank you in advance.

P.S. Lance Fairchok at American Thinker has a timely post that illustrates quite clearly why the stupidity of the Left must not stand.