Hmmm.

http://warmpuppies.com/?p=1149 has a good post from a while back.

HOWEVER, what I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don’t have to pass a urine test.  Shouldn’t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them?  

  Understand – I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do on the other hand have a problem with helping someone sit on their ass, drink beer and smoke dope.  Could you imagine how much money this country would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?  

That’s an excerpt.  I give her two amens on the whole lot.

Recent military history

I have a semi-professional interest in military history.  Every great warrior has studied the strategy and tactics of great warriors of battles past.  My library contains everything from “The Art of War” by Sun Tsu to a plethora of books about military operations.  I say all that to say this.  Ever since we began bombing the terrorists in their turf, they have avoided our turf.  I don’t care why the war started.  I feel that it was fundamentally proper.  A few weeks patrolling your own coast with ready weapons will do that to a mind.  That is one operation that I never wanted to repeat, but will do so in a heartbeat if it is required again.  One popular theory holds that Iraq was a smokescreen for some dirty dirty to go down in Afganistan.  A lot of junior sailors think the war is BS.  I hold disdain for those sailors.  My “fruit salad” holds several ribbons for serving in hostile foreign waters.  On shore duty, we did loads of efficiency training to save money from our budget to put towards the war effort.  I feel that if we leave now, it will be Korea again.  We could’ve gone for all the marbles, but we didn’t.  Some Koreans are less than enthusiastic about that.  I still hold those soldiers from that era in high regard.  Any man or woman that marches toward the sound of the guns when there country calls, gets my respect.  Many of the blogs on my blogroll posted some wonderful poems by Rudyard Kipling.  I agree.

Wrong button?!

When pressed on controversial votes he made, Sen. Obama siad he pushed the wrong button.  That crap can get you fired elsewhere.  One of my watches, Damage Control Console Operator(DCC, or dicko) involved buttons.  I could start and stop fire pumps remotely, and I could close fire zone doors.  That’s three buttons.  A total of several, due to multiple pumps and doors.  Had I pushed stop in lieu of start, I probably would have been beat about the head and shoulders with something blunt and heavy.  During real emergencies, the DCA would tell me what pump to start or stop.  If I hit the wrong button in an emergency, someone could have died.  A man, with apparently zero attention to detail, wants control of our national arsenal.  They make thrillers out of stuff like that.  If you haven’t seen yhe earlier video, here is a quote.  “You can’t even afford the tax on the price (Senator) McCain payed for his country.”  It was directed to liberal drones.

Damn Obama videos!

I am officially irritated.  These Obama videos that keep cropping up on YouTube and NoLibs remind me of something.  Let’s see here.  Children singing praise to a leader who despises personal freedoms.  Cuba, North Korea, Russia, and Nazi Germany.  The one that miffs me the most is the one with the paramilitary kids chanting, Alpha, Omega.”  Where i come from, deep in the Bible belt, the phrase “Alpha and Omega”  refers to Jesus.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Rev 1:7-9

http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=I+am+the+Alpha+and+the+Omega%22&searchtype=phrase&version1=31&spanbegin=1&spanend=73

If this link doesn’t work, just go to Bible Gateway and type in the phrase.  As a Christian man who has devoted his whole life to freedom, this pisses me off on a level that the English language is not sufficient to convey.

Inspiration to serve

     “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.” John Adams.

John Adams is one of my favorite historical US Prsidents.  He founded the Navy, along with a couple of others, such as Esek Hopkins and John Paul Jones, all three of which are credited with being the father of the modern Navy.  Many people make honest inquiries into why I choose to serve in the Armed Forces.  The above quote sums it up quite nicely.  Every time I am on a midwatch, or scared out of my mind, I think of my 2 youngest siblings, ages 4 and 7.  I am doing what I do today, so they are free not to tomorrow.  My Mom once asked what I thought about people protesting the very war I was serving in on the steps of the US Capitol, during a phone call home during one of the port calls.  For the weeks prior to that phone call, I had carried a gas mask everywhere.  We had a face-off with Iranians.  We had launched, refueled, and supported Allied helicopters at all hours of the day and night.  Among other actions I probably can’t mention here.  That pesky OPSEC thing again.  I simply told my Mom this, “It means we are doing our job well, Mom.  The very fact that people can protest with immunity gives me a sense of pride in this country.”  This was several years ago, and at that time the protesters were generally peaceful.  Some of the dumb ones went to Iraq to be used as human shields near schools.  Sadaam wanted to use them near military sites.  Makes ya think, don’t it?