third world county

Do note: the following “directive” has been widely debunked. It is, according to the best information I can gather, completely bogus, fake, NOT the genuine article. (Now, for those NON-readers who may stumble on this blog and be unable to parse that, I have no more help to offer. :-))

Dr. CIV V Corps Deputy G5, CIMIC/US Executive, Maneuver Programs; Giangrego, Salvatore Mr. V Corps G5, Manuever Management

To: All Commands

Subject: U.S. Navy Directive 16134

Ref: ComMidEast (mip://03620fb8) For Inst 16134//24 K All commanders promulgate upon receipt.

The following T-shirts are no longer to be worn on or off base by any military or civilian personnel serving in the Middle East:

A. “Eat Pork or Die” [both English and Arabic versions] B. “Shrine Busters” [Various. Show burning minarets or bomb/artillery shells impacting Islamic shrines. Some with unit logos.] C. “Napalm, Sticks Like Crazy” [Both English and Arabic versions] D. “Goat – it isn’t just for breakfast any more.” [Both English and Arabic versions] E. “The road to Paradise begins with me.” [Mostly Arabic versions, but some in English. Some show sniper scope cross-hairs.] F. “Guns don’t kill people. I kill people.” [Both Arabic and English versions] G. “Pork. The other white meat.” [Arabic version] H. “Infidel” [English, Arabic and other coalition force languages.]

The above T-shirts are to be removed from Post Exchanges upon receipt of this directive. In addition, the following signs are to be removed upon receipt of this message:

A. “Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range at 0800 Daily. B. “Do we really need ‘smart bombs’ to drop on these dumb bastards?”

All commands are instructed to implement sensitivity training with respect to the above topics upon receipt.

Let me once again redundantly and repetitiously repeat: The above “directive” is a FAKE.

But.

In today’s climate, is it any surprise that the first time I read it, I believed it could be real?

Still, I think I’ll have to have a couple of T-Shirts made up…

أكلت لحم خنزير أو متت

and

“Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range at 0800 Daily”

(Also as “سيمسك خدمات [إيسلميك] دينيّة كنت في الإشعال مدى في 0800 يوميّة”)

And if (IF? IF? *ROFLKASTMAFO!*) the po’ widdle moose-limbs can’t take a joke, well, who cares? 100% terrorists or terrorist wannabes or terrorist enablers. What else can one infer from their veneration of Mohammed, the Butcher of Medina, pedophile, rapist, mass murderer par excellence, slaver, and more: THE prototypical Islamic terrorist?

From a longer post by someone worth listening to:

We need to rethink our anti-terrorist strategies and tactics with some cold-eyed rationalism. What do the measures cost us? Including in national dignity: at the moment the TSA is indistinguishable from an organization whose major purpose is to humiliate the people and make certain Americans understand they are subjects and not citizens. How easily can they be circumvented by intelligent and determined people? What new targets do our security measures create?

It is pretty clear that you can’t stop intelligent and determined people from destroying airplanes if the attacker doesn’t mind being killed. You can prevent the airplanes from being taken over and used as cruise missiles against other targets. We all know how that can be done. Strong cockpit doors, armed pilots, air marshals not dressed in 3-piece suits and short haircuts on randomly selected flights. We all know how that can be done.

We need to assess the real threats and deal with those. When we do, we will find that one of our more powerful weapons is our citizenry. If we really believe in freedom and the republic, we would enlist the citizens in this war on terror. Actually, we clearly don’t believe in any of the ideals we want to export to other nations. Instead, we disarm the citizens, express horror at the notion that people can assist in protecting themselves, and we allow conspirators to set up the citizens and then sue hell out of them. It is as if we are determined to progress from republic to empire.

Be sure to CLICK on over and read the rest. And consider contributing to the ongoing serious discussion about an honorable exit strategy in Iraq. As Pournelle once put it, We broke it; it’s ours [to fix].” There are some seriously interesting comments there from folks who’re more “in the know” than most of us.

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Just a kinda, sorta, halfway semi-randaom list of 13 Things…

1. Cables, wires and peripherals, oh my! How do these things meet, mate and multiply so quickly?

2. 2-keyboards, 2-mice, 1-Palm cradle, one label maker, one scanner, phone headset, off-cradle phone (need to get that back in the cradle charging–been off since last night), old 5″ IBM Mini-comp fan (providing “personal airflow” for… me), desk detritus and keyboard tray “duff” composed of various pocket jetsam, file cabinet escapees, wanders-in from elsewhere, etc.

3. I love it when idiots serve up their own rewards. Like the folks who stop a full car length beyond stop bars at traffic lights hereabouts. See, darned near ALL the traffic lights here around America’s Third World Countyâ„¢ (historical note: there were no traffic lights IN America’s Third World County a decade ago) are set to stay green for the high-traffic road in an intersection and only change for the cross-street when a car sits for a predetermined amount of time on a sensor buried in the road. No car on sensor? No light change. So, I love it when I see an idiot who’s driven beyond the stop bar to stop. I just hope there’s also a LEO who needs another ticket for his quota nearby when the idiot eventually jumps the light…

4. Why is it the cats here at twc central only want to sit in my lap in two places, at similar inconvenient times? Right: when I’m typing at a computer keyboard (at any of the twc comps) or when I’m communing with my inner nature while sitting on the throne.

5. Will I ever have the 1886 Buffet clarinet I pulled from a trash bin rehabbed? Maybe. Until then, it’s a purty desktop ornament/dustcatcher.

6. I’m thinking of starting an “Office Archaeology Club” for those of us who enjoy the thrill of discovery whenever we dig down several layers and discover gems of past civilizations lurking in our offices…

7. Best fuel economy tip? Walk.

8. Speaking of which, I read somewhere recently (and lost the reference when I didn’t immediately blog it–*heh*) that human-style walking upright is 75% more efficient than chimp-style 2+2 walking. But the ultimate in efficient transport is, of course, imaginary transport. What flights of fancy have propelled the human race to heights no chimp can aspire to!

9. I just know there MUST be a use (beyond target practice or coffee cup coasters) for the 1,000s of floppy disks I have boxed, filed and strewn about. There must be.

10. Have to mow again. Can no one and nothing deliver me from this torture? (Yeh, yeh, I know: pave it.)

11. Rain, rain, go away! There is such a thing as too much green.

12. Trying out a new-to-me backup solution. Cobian Backup. We’ll see how it works. So far, not bad. It’s a Windows-only backup software, so any future networked backup solution I built with it would have to be Windows-based.

13. I need a nap. 🙂

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…in the County That Time Fled…

That’s right. It’s 8:47, already seen one client, I’m running late, and the day has already been eaten by big, hairy, time-devouring locusts.

Hit me with your best shot. If it gets hung up temporarily in my moderation queue, don’t lose heart; it will be resuced eventually.

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Yesterday, at the (one and only) local auto parts store, I happened to run into the pastor of THE (one and only–*heh*) “First Christian Church” here in America’s Third World County Hub “City”. (No, no one was hurt.) I stopped him with,

“Hey, Dave!” (Yeh, an easy name to remember :-)) “I have a ready made sermon for ya. As I was driving through Xxxxx, XX earlier this morning–you know, in the 45mph zone–a church van that said ‘First Christian Church, Xxxxx, XX’ (not his church) zoomed by at 55-60mph. Great ‘witness’ eh? Not only does the law not apply to them, but the scriptures they claim to live by (that require them to obey the law) don’t either. Have fun preaching that sermon!”

From my faithful reader *heh* Hugh, via email:

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Well, Bubba’s fav monitor died–his old 17″ HP. Earlier this summer, his “spare” (second in a two-monitor display) also died.

Not a great summer for displays.

Not to worry. I had an “old” predecessor to the KDS X-Flat (I think it went by “Avitron” in those long ago days of yore) hanging around as a spare this time (before, it was another name brand spare), so he’s not missed a beat.

Lesson? Just because you get that new super-duper, neato-keano display, keeping the old, working (and sometimes very, very nice indeed) monitor handy is a Very Good Idea.

Just a lil FYI…

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There is absolutely no comment I could add to improve upon this.

h.t. Chaos Manor Mail

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Stop the ACLU has a post from the Twilight Zone…

“CAIR Accuses Bush Office Of Being Anti-Muslim”

What?!? “Prince” Abdullah’s boyfriend is anti-Muslim?

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