Quote of The Day
"For at least a decade, Washington politicians and commentators have insisted that the military virtues not differ too much from the values of society at large. The American people know this is rubbish. They want tough, resolute soldiers serving U.S. interests, not risk-averse bureaucrats subject to sensitivity training, grief counseling and other psychobabble. Americans want what George Orwell called 'rough men who stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.'"
--John Hillen, The New York Post
Thanks, Zemin, but it just isn't me.
Boppers Loving Coppers: The age old disconnect between performers and authority figures has seemingly vanished with two big concerts over the weekend for the aide and comfort of N.Y. and Washington fire fighters, cops and emergency workers. It wasn't necessarily a two way street. We've searched the coverage and here's the closest mention of the derision hurled at Hillary Clinton at Madison Square Garden Saturday night. It is way at the bottom of a story in the New York Daily News: "The uniformed men and women were as important as the celebrities. They held up photographs of their dead comrades, shouted down politicians they despise and blew off steam by storming the stage." Thanks to the Drudge Man for telling non-watchers what really happened. Matt has posted one E mail from someone who was there and says that firemen were obnoxious and drunk. We hope the E mailer tells them that when flames are licking at his sorry rear end.
More Baby Milk Factories? A Taliban PR man and former camel jockey dusted off some old chopper parts and called CNN for an exclusive on a shoot down. As desperate as CNN is for access, even they weren't buying. Maybe things will go better when their truckloads of uplink equipment makes it through the rubble. Where's Peter Arnett when the enemy needs him?
Next May Is Going To Be A Mess: L.A. must be feeling left out. Here's a story in the LA Times quoting a shrink who says New Yorkers are holding in a lot of pain and in May they will all explode. Don't count on it. In a town with several million people there are approximately 584 neurotics who have either called their shrinks or asked for Cipro. Before September 11 they called their shrinks and asked for Prozac. Word from the belly of the beast: We're just fine.
Daddy Buy Me One of Those: The overwhelming choice of vehicle preferred by your LComStaff is not a zippy little Beamer or sleek Mercedes-Benz - we want an AC-130 gunship. After mentioning the beautiful monster on radio yesterday we received these specs from Ldotter Tom Matsko. "The AC 130 was in Viet Nam and was called 'Puff the Magic Dragon' because it breathed fire and things disappeared when it went by. Each machine gun shoots 6000 rounds per minute of 20mm or 40mm diameter ammunition. In one pass over a football field it can put a bullet in every square inch of the field." Mrs. bin Laden, can Osama come out and play?
Your War Ready LComStaff
-- Anonymous, October 22, 2001