The Saddam Hussein Commemorative Hardened Shelter Balad , Iraq 0500Z 16 October, 1993   " Yusef ! Get down here! Yella ! "             Abu Mazen . I hate that prick. Always shouting and strutting about without lifting even a trowel himself . Ba'athist pimp, no… son of a pimp. That is more fitting for his sort of scum. Still I suppose he is the one who gives me this job and keeps...

     Not that Victor Davis Hanson needs a bump from the likes of me but I once again urge all of you to include him in any political reading regimen you might have. VDH's 5 Rules for a post 9-11 world : 1. Political promises must be kept . 2. Any warnings to use force — much less unfortunate unguarded braggadocio — should be credible and followed through. 3. Diplomatic solutions follow, not precede, military reality. 4. The worst attitude toward the Eur...

We are obsessed with celebrity death; not the passing of old people, who shit in bed pans for 5 years before giving up their ghosts. Mundane death, simple expiration, cessation of life? It’s too plebian.             Nope, we like it big, cinematic, and colorful. And, evidently, in America, to become an expert on something, all you need is for your husband, mother, brother, wife, sister or friend to be killed by it.  &n...

I hate to just post a link but man can Emperor Darth Misha I turn a phrase! "an illegal immigrant is not a "undocumented immigrant" any more than a rapist is an "undocumented boyfriend"." Full article here .

     Air Force EOD is outside our showers digging out the remains of a mortar some jackhole lobbed at us this morning. No injuries and no damage... Now a letter to the mortar team:   Missed me, smacktards!        I got up early for the shower today and if they wanted my office they were about 50 yards off. Also it helps to fuze your rounds correctly. Sturgee could give you some advice on that maybe...      I...

This was originally posted by Blackfive and linked by Glenn Reynolds and while they certainly don't need any hits from my pathetic amount of traffic I do want those of you who don't read them regularly to give this story a look. " When we first started taking fire, I just looked to the right and saw seven or eight guys shooting back at us — muzzle flashes...At first, I shot one guy.  I saw him fall " - Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester   And for the anal retenti...

(Note: A Rant by Vince Calangelo, Scribed by His faithful chronicler Greywar )   Before her bout with potassium deficiency induced oxygen deprivation Terri Schiavo…   Ate meat from endangered species at every meal …   Was a member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy …   Supplied Flaxseed Oil to Barry Bonds …   Skinned puppies for the fur industry …   Forged the Rathergate Memos …   ...

Shoot Me Instead!         Seriously... stab me, overdose me (heroin please), or smother me with a pillow. All of these would be preferable to starving to death in my case. Any would certainly be preferable to lingering on as a vegetable burdening my wife and family. Can't find the will to kill me? Call Calangelo, he'll do me quick and painless. Just don't leave me in a fucking bed shitting on myself.      Consider this a public no...

     (Note : This is total whining on my part. I am a pussy.)      We have two shower facilities in walking distance of our hangar. The closest is about 2 minutes away from the hangar and is sponsored and maintained by out unit and thusly the Army. It has no toilet facility for males (yes the chicks have real flushing toilets of course), shower stalls built for hobbitts, one water heat (only partially functional), and one light bulb for all 6 shower sta...

Hey MOPS Platoon!  Remember doing this?   Calangelo's Legacy rears it's ugly head eh?

     Here at our little garden spot deep in the heart of Iraq we no longer react to explosions for the most part. You see the Explosive Odinance Disposal range is right in front of the hangar in which we live and work. This results in 10-15 "controlled blasts" each and every day. This is so commonplace that we are no longer able to tell if the explosions are from incoming mortars (also common but poorly aimed) or from the EOD folks.      The common rea...

    Update : Glenn Reynolds  has a link to this article on life extension (worth the click) which adds to the meat of this article.       There is a debate brewing in this nation between traditional values groups and the transhumanists. Simply put the transhumanists would like to push the human race forward through use of genetic engineering, nanotech, and cloning while traditionalists would prefer not to tinker with such matters fo...

            With the current flp over “ counter-recruiting ” I thought I should give the Army it’s due. I joined the Army in 1992 and it has been pretty kind to me. So far they have sent me to:   Ft. Jackson, South Carolina (Basic) The Presidio of Monterey (DLI for a bit over a year) CP Humphreys, South Korea (Work, can’t say much about it) Fort Meade, MD (Working for No Such Agency) Cp Humphreys, South Korea (4 ...

     This should settle it. Of course some lunatics will insist that Bush bought off all of Italys or something equally senseless. Mario Marioli, a deputy commander of the US-led coalition troops in Iraq, was quoted by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica as saying: "I asked Calipari if I should inform our American allies of the hostage-freeing operation, but his reply was that under no circumstances was the ally to be informed."   Update : Her...