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April 11th, 2004, Sunday: 1600hrs:
Thank you all for the
support and love.
I don’t know what to say. The Bride and I both feel it, and the
littlest one feels it. I just don't know what to say... Thank
you.
This little guy was such a trooper at the hospital. The surgeon used a
local and not a general anesthesia since he wanted to see symmetrical
facial movement in the lips and eyebrow... so he would know there was
no nerve damage… and this little guy just held still and let the doc do
his thing. He didn’t cry or anything. After the operation the Doc was
very impressed by both the depth of the wound, and my boy’s stout
heart. In fact after the operation when we were allowed back in the
room and the Doc was watching him, he surprised everyone when we gave
him a little easter basket and he sat up and exclaimed “That’s Awesome!
I love it!”
We went to church today and offered many prayers of thanks. This could
have been life altering, but this little guy has bounced back
completely. There is still some recovery and healing that will go on –
but this kid’s spirit hasn’t even been dented. In spite of warning and
admonitions to stay calm, he runs and laughs everywhere and is just
unstoppable. Here is a photo from a couple months ago. He was making
the same expression just a minute ago. You can't keep him down.
I'm afraid he will be the death of me.
There was article in a Soldier of Fortune that my Dad was telling me
about. I don’t have a link to it or anything, but it called How
Enron Worked the President. Investigators have ascertained that:
Enron's chairman did meet with the President and Vice President in the
Oval Office.
Enron gave $420,000. to the president's party over three years.
Enron donated $100,000. to the president's inauguration festivities.
The Enron chairman stayed at the White House 11 times.
The corporation had access to the administration at its hightest levels
and even enlisted the Commerce and State Departments to grease deals
for it.
The taxpayer-supported Export-Import Bank subsidized Enron for more
than $600 million in just one transaction.
This is scandalous, but do not look for it on the evening news, because
the president under whom all this happened was not George Bush, it was
Bill Clinton!
Happy Easter to
everyone.
April 10th:
HELL.
Last night at about 6:30PM my littlest one got seriously
hurt. A long deep gash on the side of his face from near the eye down
to near the ear. An ambulance was called and he was transported to the
ER. I wasn’t there when it happened, I was out with one of my other
boys and when we came home, there was my Mom in Law saying I needed to
get to the ER. She didn’t know what was going on, so I drove to the ER
at MACH 7 in a panic. (BTW the Bronco can be fast as hell when it
needs to be) At the ER I got some bad news.
The Doc there just couldn’t fix this because of the possibilities of
nerve damage and facial paralysis… the told us to take him to Primary
Children’s Hospital in SLC. The local Doc called Primaries and lined
up specialists and a plastic surgeon. 4 hour drive was made in 2:45.
At 5AM the Specialist and his team was done… and my little trooper was
going to be just fine. They sewed up 3 major layers and put him back
together better than I could have ever hoped. We got a hotel at 6 AM
near by and slept for awhile.
We are home now… physically and emotionally exhausted – so much so the
Bride and I feel ill. My little trooper is doing better than we are
right now. He’s happy and feeling fine. So here we are – 24 hours
later and numb. It’s over. Well… not completely over. We have to go
back out for a follow up on Wed and then the bills for this will be
coming in. I don’t have health insurance – so this is going to be a
blow to the nuts financially. But we will manage. We always do.
I got a bit of the
9-11 Hearings this morning. Condi
Rice was still in the hot seat and they brought out some partisan hack
biatch named Gorelick to grill her. Gorelick’s questions were not
questions to find the truth of anything – not to find where anything
went wrong – it was all election year political grandstanding aimed to
make it sound like the Democrats had “Terrorism” under control until
George W Bush took office.
Gorelick (and what a fitting name, no?) was smug and arrogant and just
needed a good slap across the face. Rice gave that to her in a very
calm and collected way… Rice was awesome. Patient as an Oak, and
completely unflappable. Those years earning her stack of degrees
totally paid off.
The Republican commissioner that questioned Rice after Gorelick was
pretty cool. He was tossing them up for Rice to bat outta the ball
park and she was NAILING them. Babe Ruth would have been proud. These
9-11 hearings are a joke… A way to get the American Voter to think that
Democrats are better at protecting America. Like most things the
Democrats have been doing lately – it’s blowing up in their faces and
going against them. The Republicans don’t have to worry about
attacking the Left, because the Left is doing it to them selves.
Gorelicks last question about the PDB and the statements that Bush’s
directive was to eliminate the “AL-Ky-Duh”… but the PDB said “Al-Ky-Duh
Threat” and that’s a different thing than just eliminating “Al-Ky-Duh”.
Well, to a clueless bitch looking for any way to spin “nuance” – maybe
it would be different. But to The Horde and the US Military – it means
the same thing. You shoot the threat in the fucking head until it
stops being a threat. There you go. No more threat. How much more
nuance do you need?
You could argue 9MM Gold Dots vs .45 Hydra Shoks if you like.
Kerry’s newest ploy is
fiscal responsibility.
This would be a good
platform to run on… for anyone except a pathetic tax and spend Liberal
Democrat. From that side of the isle, such a platform holds absolutely
no weight. It’s like eating tomato soup with a fork. It just doesn’t
work. I don’t know what I would do if I was Kerry… but I think any or
all of Kerry’s voter appeal isn’t going to come from Kerry or what
people are telling Kerry to say. It’s not going to come from the Black
churches that he has been attending either. I saw a photo of Kerry
at such a service and he looks like he is laughing and there are a
bunch of big mommas looking at him with a look like “What’s with this
Cracker?” So I know that game isn’t working for him. What would?
Perhaps inviting Hillary to run as VP? Or Al Gore? I don’t know.
Maybe Dean? Whatever he does… he can’t pick a guy that makes sense
like Miller or Lieberman. That would be too rational of a choice. I
wouldn’t be surprised if he picked Ted Kennedy. Let’s look at Kerry’s
Fiscal Responsibility ploy… Benedict Arnold companies… but not Heinz…
are going to be punished through taxes. He is going to repeal the Bush
Tax Cut. Then he is going to raise taxes in general, and raise taxes
on gasoline by 50 Cents a gallon. Is this his Fiscal Responsibility?
Maybe if you were running ENRON. Because whatever that does – it
certainly isn’t fiscally responsible… it’s fiscal seppuku. Not cool at
all. Kerry would kill the US economy within the first year. Jobs will
be lost as companies fold left and right and everything the US Consumer
buys and lives on – like food – will be more and more expensive. Does
that sound good? If you’re a guy like me – that’s fine. I can hunt.
If you’re a city dweller – you’re going to be totally fucked.
April 8th, Thursday, 2004: 1400hrs:
I had some really
weird email issues…
Started yesterday
morning. All server end stuff. So if you have emailed me at all
yesterday and I have not responded – that’s why.
I have been listening
to Rush this morning talk about Rice’s testimony. I
thought he was having a joygasm over it. Justifiable. Rice blasted
the commission and tore it a new one. Especially Kerry. They really
shouldn’t have requested her to testify live. They completely
underestimated her… kinda like walking up to a Kodiak bear and poking
at it with a stick.
D’OH! I screwed up.
I ordered
some screws for the Marlin to replace the large scope base screws with
small flush screws to fill the holes. Well evidently I only ordered 1
screw and not a set of 4. Damn it. Well, looking at the one screw I
can see ordering them was a good idea. Now I have to place the order
for the other 3. I have to admit that I have often overlooked “long
brown guns” for years because I’ve been primarily interested in black
tactical rifles. Well, my search for the idea truck gun for my Bronco
had me looking at so many rifles that my appreciation for the long
brown guns has been rekindled. I especially like the older guns.
This doesn’t mean I no longer like the viciousness that a good tactical
rifle can give you. I do. But there is something that these guns
don’t have that wood stocked rifles do have.
Speaking of rifles I
was asked my take about the XM-8.
I’ve mentioned it before. I am all for switching over to it. However
I only have one hesitation, and that’s its caliber. 5.56MM is a
squirrel rifle cartridge and I don’t care what the AR-15 Bevets say
about it… 5.56MM is the same fucking thing as .223. You can fire .223
in a 5.56MM chambered gun, and you can fire 5.56MM in a .223 chambered
gun. I don’t want to hear other wise, because I’ve done it thousands
of time. I suppose you are going to say the same thing about 9MM
Parabellum and 9MM Lugar too. Well, maybe there was a difference at a
time… maybe monkeys will fly out of my ass too. .223 rolled out as
damned squirrel rifle cartridge. .30-06, .308… those are battle rifle
cartridges. .223 isn’t. Rolling out the XM-8 in 556223 wouldn’t
really get us anywhere other than a more reliable rifle. We also need
more power. The XM-8 has a much shorter barrel than the M-16. This
means that the weak cartridge’s power is going to be even weaker. A
new cartridge is required. There are two possibilities in a 6.8MM or
6.5MM cartridge. Either one of these would be much better than what we
have now. If we don’t adopt one of these rounds… we might as well not
bother with going to the XM-8. BTW, total cost to refit everyone in
the military with an XM8 – less than one landing gear off a V-22.
Oh, while we are
talking about this subject... the Magic Bullet article has been
properly updated.
LDS Church President Hinckley’s wife passed away.
I had the chance to bodyguard her for a short time, and I was honored
to do so. She was a sweet woman. My condolences to President
Hinckley.
John F’ing Kerry has
always seemed so familiar to me.
He is so insane… I just knew I’ve seen him before… I just couldn’t
place him. Then the realization hit me. He is the Mad Hatter. He is
in his own reality where typical logic and reason just doesn’t apply.
The French love Kerry and say he has nuance. Well WTF do the French
know? They love Jerry Lewis too.
April 7th, Wednesday, 2004: 1100hrs:
Judas Priest!
I said I don’t like Pit Bulls, and you would have thought I
had said I was voting for Kerry or some shit! Talk about reactions to
a post! Sheesh! Everyone has there own opinions about things… even
me. As much as you have a right to love your Pit Bulls, I have every
right to dislike the breed. Sorry. I don’t like AR-15’s either… so
there you go… AR-15s, Pit Bulls, Mini Vans, Cell Phones, Liberals, and
France. Okay? You got me. Say
Uncle takes me to task about it. Funny how some of the comments
are “If you don’t like them, don’t buy one”. That’s something we can
agree on right there.
Fatal dog attack stats:
Pit Bull and Pit-bull-type dogs (21%), Mixed breed dogs
(16%),Rottweilers (13%), German Shepherd Dogs (9%), Wolf Dogs (5%),
Siberian Huskies (5%), Malamutes (4%), Great Danes (3%), St. Bernards
(3%), Chow Chows (3%), Doberman Pinschers (3%), other breeds &
non-specified breeds (15%).
Say Uncle does have a point about something he said regarding the
numbers of ownerships. Wolf Dogs are not as common as Pits. Then again
neither are Chows and Saints. The highest numbers are in Pits and
Pit-type, Mixed breeds, and Non-Specified breeds. Mostly dogs that
have had little care or training. Training is important. However my
case against Pits comes from a lot more personal witnessing than what I
want to publish on my site. Wasn’t it a Pit-Bull that was on that
Discovery Channel show about Jesse James’ West Coast Choppers and they
mentioned that one of his Pits attacked and killed the other Pit? I
wish they kept tabs on ankle bites from Shit-zoos, Taco Dogs, and other
below the knee little dogs. Annoying as these yapping lap dogs might
be…
this is totally out of order. Okay – enough about the dogs! No
more!
Email from a Horde
Member in South Africa:
“Oh Mighty Mad Ogre: I've been trying to acquire a Tom Brown Tracker
Knife (after all "The Hunted" hype) for the past 6 months, but have
recently given up that quest considering the problems in importing the
knife to South Africa. My first love has always been the Rekat Hobbit
and I mourn the company's demise - and with it all my dreams of ever
owning a Hobbit. I have been a folding blade enthusiast for the past
9 years, but have recently become infatuated with fixed blades,
acquiring a CRKT First Strike in the process. The CRKT First Strike
has only managed to appease my lust for about 5 weeks, now I'm on the
hunt for either a KaBar Warthog or USMC. I noticed that your choice in
knives is impeccable - I myself have carried a twin set of Spyderco
Renegades (which I acquired on a trip to New Orleans early last year)
for many months, while my wife has commandeered my Merlin and carries
it everywhere. With regard to my quest for a KaBar Warthog (or
possibly even a USMC) - could you please advise me. I have tried to
ascertain the blade thickness but nobody can help me. I'm essentially
looking for the equivalent of a crowbar or spanner that just happens to
have a knife-edge, something robust, easily field sharpened and
something that will withstand abuse and serve the purpose of a fixed
blade fighting/combat knife capable of slashing and power-assist
stabbing. Preferable high carbon steel and not brittle. Would the
Warthog suite my requirements? Rustim South Africa” Keep your eye
on Ebay. I found my warthog there. I don’t have it anymore, but I do
remember it having some good heft to the blade. You might be better
served with a knife from Strider or Tops. They are both really burly.
If you don’t mind the blade shape, the Recon Tanto from Cold Steel is
an excellent field knife. The blade has some thickness to it and if
you buy a factory second you can get them pretty cheap. My RT is a 2nd,
and other than the “2” stamped on the butt, you couldn’t tell it was a
2nd. This is my chore knife. Use it for opening paint
cans, clearing brush, taking out sentries, chopping vegetables, making
kindling, carving roast beast. It’s one of the best “Do Everything”
knives I’ve ever had and considering the cost, I’m not afraid of
actually using it. I’ve been rough with it. Still sharp. Ebay is
the way to go if you can. Ebay sellers don’t really worry about
importation regulations and will just box and ship an item right out.
My wife has laid claim to two Spydercos… a Wegner Jr and Rookie… so I
feel your pain. The loss of REKAT is indeed a blow. I’d like to see
another knife company crank out some of those REKAT designs.
Email from a Canadian Horde Member: “Hi Ogre I am long time Canadian reader, love the
Blog. Normally I just lurk but as the election rhetoric heats up I just
can't stay quiet. I think theoretically the USA is paradise, you
constitution guarantees freedom and opportunity for everyone, it
enshrines the basic rights for Capitalism to flourish. Capitalism
guarantees everyone will be rewarded as their ability and effort
deserves. Unfortunately YOU (the American citizen) have through voter
apathy allowed all those rights to be trampled and now are beginning to
spiral down into a socialist welfare state, like the rest of the
western world. Please educate yourselves on your loss of rights and do
something about it. Choose candidates that support a return to you
constitutional roots such as Congressman Ron Paul and even take a look
at the Libertarian Party (www.lp.org),
enough grass roots support will turn them into a viable third party.
Please make America great again. Ed” I have to agree, Ed. Apathy
has put a strangle hold on American Politics. Voter turn out has been
disgustingly low for decades. However the 2000 Election really taught
us a lesson… Later this year we will see if that lesson was taken to
heart. That lesson was that our individual votes really DO matter. We
also saw how low the Democrats are willing to go to maintain control.
Filing suits and ordering repeated recount after recount and each time
Bush won… but according to the Democrats because the Supreme Court told
them to knock it off, they truly believe Bush stole the election. That
circus was so pathetic… but what made it so pathetic was all the voters
that just stayed home! GET OUT AND VOTE! As for the Libertarians, I
can’t align myself with them. I don’t see them as viable. They are
way too extreme on too many issues for me. The Republicans are closer
to what I believe (If I can say that without seeming too much like a
Rush Ditto Head or something) but I’m not even a Republican. I can’t
stand with any party because I don’t like any Party. George Washington
warned us against political parties in his farewell address, and I
agree with him.
Email from Tasos: “Hi from Athens again, I have news to share. Remember what I mentioned
about the police rejecting twice (unjustifiably) the purchase of a .22
conversion kit for my CZ? It came down to this: I called my lawyer who
called the police and demanded to know (in the form of an official
written report) why my rights were to gun ownership were violated. Some
guy gave her the usual BS. Two days later she called the head of the
department and explained that she REALLY NEEDED to have that statement
in order to present it to Court when we sue them. Miracle. Police
officer calls me today in a cheerful tone of voice and says that my
permit is granted and I can go to the department and do the paperwork
in order to finally buy the damned slide. Now I believe in the Easter
Bunny!!! By the way, the slide release on the CZ gave up on last
weekend. At 12000 rounds it is the first major part that fails. I am
aware of this design weakness and had a spare in stock. – Tasos”
That's some good news. Funny how the threat of legal action can make
things happen. .22's are so fun, I just love them. I had overlooked
them for years. Once you get the kit and get out to use it, you’ll
find that the wait was worth it. 12000 rounds? That's not too bad at
all. Such a small, cheap part so easily replaced - that's nothing to
worry about. CZ guns are fantastic... but I am still waiting for them
to make a compact version of the CZ-97B. Make it with a PO-1 style
frame, with a 3.5 or 4 inch barrel... That would be my ticket. Happy
Easter to you and yours, Tasos.
Speaking of Easter… the Easter Bunny is here.
Yesterday Mrs.
 Ogre brought home a cute little white fluffy bunny
to feed to Ranger for one of our son’s birthday yesterday. I like
animals… but damn… a Rabbit? WTF? That’s not a pet. It’s a meal!
Oh shit… now I’m going
to get emails from the Bunny Brigade! All the readers out there that
own rabbits and have all these heart warming stories about them… Look -
I don't want to hear about it.
In the weapons section I have an article called “Magic Bullets”.
This article is not about magic, but about what a bullet does to stop a
bad guy. I list 4 ways that this happens. Well, there is a 5th,
and I’ll be updating that article with this 5th Element this
evening. Thanks to Horde Member Ancient for this information that I
have to admit – that I completely overlooked:
“Just reading your
Magic Bullets page, about the 4 ways a bullet kills someone. I think
you could name a fifth: Denial of oxygen to the brain. Cerebral Anoxia
and Hypoxia.
Also contained herein:
an addendum to CNS injury, some interesting facts about your heart and
blood, and an extremely fun description of hydraulic cavitation.
Found these on the
subject of Anoxia/Hypoxia and your heart:
http://www.thecochranfirmno.com/areas-brainjury-anoxic.html
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/921384224.html
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/IradaMuslumova.shtml
I submit this as
number 5 because it’s different from system-wide hydraulic failure.
You aren’t necessarily bleeding the target out, or ever even inducing
Hypovolemic or Hemorrhagic shock. The brain uses about a fifth of the
body’s oxygen supply. Cut off or even restrict it, and he can die with
most of his blood still in his veins and arteries. That’s what we
hunters try to do with every big-game shot.
There are two—well,
three main ways to accomplish this cerebral anoxia/hypoxia.
The third, which I
almost didn’t mention, is to pinch off the carotid arteries. There’s
one on either side of the neck, and if your grip is on target, the
subject passes out in seconds. Cerebral anoxia. Denial of
oxygen-bearing blood to the brain. If you continue to hold, he
eventually dies. But the unconsciousness is, literally, seconds away.
But that’s a hand-to-hand move. If you have a knife, you can stab him
in his carotids, instead. This causes both anoxia and system-wide
hydraulic failure (hypovolemic shock). Which one kills him first will
be a toss-up, but he’ll loose consciousness in seconds. See, the
carotids are two of the main branches of blood flow from the heart, so
he’ll be pumping his blood directly out of his body. At the same time,
that blood isn’t reaching his brain, so it’s dying of anoxia. He goes
unconscious from the anoxia, and then that and hypovolemic shock are in
a race to kill him.
Some facts:
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The average adult contains about 5 liters of blood.
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The average healthy heart, running an average 75bpm,
pumps about 4 to 5 liters per minute.
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That’s means the whole blood content of your body
circulates completely just under once per minute.
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Under stress or during exercise, the blood-flow can be
quadrupled, to between 15 and 20 liters per minute.
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A man in a fight, with his carotid artery cut, is,
whether he likes it or not, going to be doing his darndest to pump
out his own life’s blood as fast as he can. One minute, maybe two,
to
congestive heart failure, through just one hole in one carotid
artery. A true spray.
Second, and far easier
than an attack on the carotids is to is to simply shoot the man through
the heart. This is what hunters try to do with big game. Destroy the
heart, and it stops pumping. Blood flows for another second or so on
momentum alone, and then it comes to rest, and even begins draining
toward the lowest end of the body. Which is the opposite end from the
head. Again, the brain needs continuous oxygen to function. All
metabolic processes in the human body begin with ATP, and ATP is
produced via the Krebs Cycle, which is essentially the controlled
burning (oxidizing) of carbohydrates. No oxygen, no Krebs Cycle, no
ATP, no cellular function, no brain function. Stopping the heart is
the fastest kill possible, save for the destruction of the
Medulla Oblongata. Stop the heart, and the subject will usually
fall where he stands. Full death in seconds.
A note to
your readers regarding CNS injuries: they will not stop the heart.
That’s the other thing to be aware of regarding spinal shots. Even
without nervous input, the heart will continue to beat, thanks to God’s
miracle, the
Sinus Node. The Sinus Node is a point at the top of the heart
where an electrochemical impulse begins in the muscle cells, causing
them to contract. The impulse cascades down heart from there, causing
all the other cells to act likewise. Thump. The heart beats. The
Sinus Node is not a thing, not visible or recognizable. It is just a
place. No one, to my knowledge, knows exactly what makes it work. It
generally does its thing on command from the CNS, but it will continue
to generate its cascading signal even without that input. This is the
grain of truth behind legends of hearts beating after being ripped out
of bodies, as in “Temple
of Doom.” The ramifications of this capability should be obvious.
The heart is a trooper. It will keep fighting, even when all its
comrades lie dead or dying around it. And it has won many Alamo-type
situations, thanks to that fighting spirit. It might just keep you
alive, all on its own, long enough for the paramedics to arrive. Or,
it might keep your foe conscious just long enough to get off one last
shot.
First, and easiest, is
the lung-shot, which causes cerebral hypoxia. Hypoxia is Anoxia’s twin
sister. Anoxia is the restriction of blood flow; hypoxia is free blood
flow carrying restricted quantities of oxygen. The brain continues to
pump blood to the brain, but the blood it pumps is oxygen-poor. Why?
Because your target is drowning. You won’t know it, save for a little
bubble or trickle of blood at his lips, perhaps, but his lung (or
lungs, if you’re good) are filling up with his own blood, if those
lungs even still exist. All the blood in the world won’t do you any
good if it’s not carrying oxygen. As with a the carotid artery
puncture, hydraulic failure is not far behind, for the
lungs are by necessity one of the most bloody parts of the body,
since surface-area is a major factor in transporting oxygen into the
blood. Death from a lung shot, depending on severity, can be almost as
quick as a heart shot. A rifle bullet or high-energy projectile of any
sort can cause the lung to disintegrate via cavitation (see below), but
even a simple hole in a lung will bleed hard and fast. Mid to high
holes are better for this because they bleed down into the rest of the
lung. It fills up with blood, which is just like filling up with
water. An exploded lung will kill in seconds. A filling lung might
take longer, but will still take only a fraction of the time required
to actually bleed someone into Hypovolemic Shock with a liver shot or
something of the sort.
All in all, it’s just
another case for Center Mass. While a shot to the Medulla Oblongata is
instant death, a shot to the heart is almost as fast—indeed, just as
fast, in practical terms. Lungs are close behind. A good side-on with
a rifle will pass through one lung, through the heart, and through the
other lung before exiting. Any one of those brings near-instant
unconsciousness, if not near-instant brain death. So, yeah, aim for
his heart. “Aim small, miss small,” goes the “Patriot” quote. Aim at
the heart, and if you miss, you hit the lungs. Any of them will cause
cerebral anoxia/hypoxia and almost instant incapacitation.
I mentioned
“cavitation” above. In the interests of general education and the
dissemination of information, I’ll give it a few words as well. What
I’m referring to is specifically “Hydraulic Cavitation,”
First, Newtonian
physics: A moving mass hits a relatively (it’s ALL relative, after
all) stationary mass. The stationary mass is, of course, happy where
it is, thanks to Inertia (God rest ye, Newton). However, the moving
mass has momentum, another kind of Inertia, and insists that the
stationary mass “Get out of the way!” Well, for the stationary mass to
vacate, it must acquire some kinetic energy. It gets this energy from
the object that is striking it. The amount of energy transferred
depends on the masses involved, as well as some variables such as
elasticity and friction, and of course the actual amount of energy the
moving mass starts with. Basically, it takes more energy to move a
bigger object. So if the stationary mass is huge and the moving mass
is tiny, the stationary mass will “stop” the moving mass. Splat. Like
a meteor hitting the earth. Of course, nothing is absolute. The
stationary mass will move a little, but in the case of the meteor and
the earth, the difference in the earth’s velocity isn’t enough to
notice. If on the other hand, the moving mass is huge and the
stationary mass is tiny, the moving mass may not even slow down to a
noticeable degree, but the stationary mass will suddenly take on a
great deal of velocity. You’ll see this if you ever see someone (a
person, a deer, a dog) get hit by a car. The car hardly seems to
notice. But the poor victim notices. The victim does NOT plaster to
the front of the car. Rather, the victim launches, suddenly taking on
a velocity even greater than car had when it hit. Hence the “flying
thirty feet through the air” part of most car-vs-pedestrian encounters.
Yeah, anyway, hope you
followed that.
So, bullet vs you.
Bullet hits your flesh. Your flesh would rather sit still, but the
bullet is very insistent. “Incoming fire has the right of way,” is
another quote on M. Ogre’s site. So after a brief (read:
instantaneous) resistance, the flesh at the point of contact gives
way. No, I take that back: it FLIES away. But the bullet is fast,
man. Real fast. And soft tissue (brain, guts, and the like—all 70+%
water) isn’t much of a resisting force. So the bullet and the leading
edge of the shock-wave it created on impact travel together through the
body. The shockwave trails out in a wide cone behind the projectile
(like the fire coming off the nose of an Orbiter on reentry). But
wait, that shock-wave-cone-thing is the actual tissue from the point of
impact, still moving away from the bullet. So what about the other
tissue it hits along the way? Well, the tissue compresses as much as
it can. But tissue is, again, seventy-something percent water. Water
is liquid. Liquid is a “compressed state.” Unlike a gas, a liquid is
a small as it can get, molecularly speaking. The molecules simply
can’t get any closer together, unless you’re measuring on a minute
scale and super-cooling the liquid. Which we’re not. In fact, we’re
heating the liquid. Because what energy the bullet imparted to the
flesh that couldn’t be immediately turned into motion was turned into
heat instead. And the bullet is hot to begin with, because it was
propelled by an explosion. So that’s just one other factor AGAINST
compression of the tissue.
So where does this
flesh, being bulldozed as it is by other flesh, go? Well, find a man
who’s been shot in the front, and take a look at his back, and then you
tell me. That cantaloupe-sized hole is there for a reason.
Okay, so we have a
cone-shaped bulldozing effect. But if that’s the original flesh from
the point of impact, pushing outward, then what’s inside the cone?
Nothing. It’s empty. There isn’t even any air there. The bullet is
moving too fast for air molecules to stay filled in behind it. See,
they had their own inertia. Then the bullet came whipping through,
pushing them away to the side rather harshly. The air molecules are
still moving OUT after the bullet passes. It takes them a moment to
slow down and reverse course, to fill in where the bullet went
through. Same with slightly-compressed soft tissue. That original
mass of flesh is slowing down, because it’s running into all of the
other flesh in the affected area and transferring its energy. So the
shockwave is now no longer pushing like a bulldozer, but passing from
cell to cell like a true wave. Like a seismic wave travels through the
ocean. But fear not, you still get your explosive exit wound. After
all, that seismic wave ends in a tsunami when it hits the shore, even
if those water molecules aren’t the same ones it started in. So, yeah,
that original mass of flesh is slowing down, but it hasn’t stopped yet,
and it certainly hasn’t reversed course to fill in the hole. But it’s
about to.
You see, that flesh is
feeling a pull from behind. This can be compared to the blow-back in a
high-heat explosion. Remember those images of early nuke tests? The
initial shockwave goes by, and then the wind starts blowing TOWARD the
epicenter, because the heat at the center has caused the air there to
shoot up into a mushroom cloud, leaving a void that has to be filled.
Well, in the case of your bullet, the shockwave itself caused the void.
Ladies and gentlemen,
that void is what we officially call the Cavity. Hence “Cavitation.”
The Cavity is a vacuum, and nature abhors a vacuum, so it tries to fill
this vacuum with whatever is nearby. Air flows in from the
entry-wound, but most of all, soft tissue, having offloaded the kinetic
energy of the shockwave to the next layer of cells, falls back into its
original place. Except it doesn’t fall, it surges. This in itself can
happen with an almost explosive force, causing a little bit of spray
forward, toward the entry wound, and adding to the explosion that’s
currently taking place at the point of exit.
So what is the final
effect of all this? Well, the flesh of your brain just vacated a
volume the size of a plum (or even larger) and then refilled it, in a
tiny fraction of a second, probably at supersonic speeds. Complex
molecular structures such as those that form cells simply can not stand
up to this kind of abuse. The bonds that hold cells to each other to
form coherent tissues are even weaker. The result is that what flows
back into the gap—as well as all soft tissue anywhere nearby that got
pounded and compressed and generally abused by the passing
shock-wave—is no longer tissue at all, but rather what those in the
business call “soup.” It’s just assorted liquids, with a few bits of
tattered, barely coherent flesh suspended within.
My 6mm did this to one
entire lung of a Tennessee whitetail deer. I found some of that lung
along the blood trail, mixed in with the blood itself. There were a
few recognizable chunks, but the rest of the lung tissue was completely
pulverized. A high-energy bullet to the head will destroy most of the
brain in the same way.
What does this mean
for you shooters? Well, it means “If you can choose what to bring to a
gun fight, bring a rifle, and bring friends with rifles.” Pistols
rarely deliver enough energy to cause cavitation. You can shoot a man
in the head, and he just might live, all though he might be a changed
man afterwards, either because of the psychological trauma or because
you remapped the synapses that determine his personality (yes, your
personality IS a mapping of synaptic links across the brain). All
you’ve done is make a hole. However, shoot a man in the head with a
rifle cartridge (even a 5.56 NATO Ball, if the range is under a hundred
yards or so, though bigger holes are still better holes), and you’ve
made a soup out of everything inside his skull.
Indeed, Cavitation is
one of the main reasons why Michael Lee Platt was able to kill as many
FBI officers as he did on
April 11th of 1986 after already taking a supposedly
mortal bullet wound in his chest. The FBI were using pistols. Platt
had a
Mini-14. Cavitation is the reason rifles stop the target when
pistols can’t. Cavitation and the fact that rifle bullets go through
Kevlar on a regular basis. If you want to stop a rifle bullet, you
have to try
harder.
Well, hope you enjoyed
that. Keep in mind none of it is the product of expertise, but rather
self-education and a doctor dad. — Ancient”
Well, that’s about all
the time I have right now… I have to finish my research paper and review it and grade it myself.
This is going to be difficult, but because I’m so fucking brilliant I
can see a good grade there.
April 6th, Tuesday, 2004: 0900hrs:
Sorry about the lack
of posts yesterday. But
I have some good news. Two papers for the class that has been giving
me shit-fits all semester both earned max points possible! YEAH! The
tests have a class average of 60%... so while you might be doing fine
according to “The Curve” but you just think you suck. I mean come on,
the highest score out of the whole class for one of the tests was 71%
WTF? Does wonders for your self esteem. I have been nailing 60 to 65%
consistently because I find it impossible to study for these
complete bullshit tests because there are more sources to look at
than there are questions in the test. You have 15 minutes to answer 20
questions. Yet to study for that test takes all fucking day and you
have to look at shit all over the internet. Once you start taking it –
that’s it. 15 minutes for those 20 questions. If you run out of time…
you’re done. But nailing these papers really helps out the grades
here. Not sure what I’m getting for the course, but It shouldn’t be
too bad now.
Check this out.
Mom Ambushes her Ranger Son in Iraq. Moms are so cool.
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is a gottamned pirate and
should be treated as such. My feelings on this matter are pretty damn
harsh. Too harsh for even MadOgre.com? Let’s just say it involves
this. Fuck this guy.
I had posted something
from
Misha, with credit of course and a link back.
The article was a description by an attending nurse of a partial birth
abortion. I’ll not repost that. It was horrid… absolutely monstrous.
Well, in my mind all abortion is horrid. I don’t like it, I’m sorry.
If you don’t want the baby, put it up for adoption. But you don’t kill
it just because you were a fucking idiot.
England is doing something rather rash, but educational. I think
this is a good thing. I got a lot of hate-mail about that abortion
description… saying that it was a nice work of fiction and I was
spreading lies. Unfortunately I wasn’t lying, and the nurse wasn’t
lying. She just said what she watched. I don’t think I could have
stood there and watched it. I think I would have punched the doctor
right in the chops before he could have harmed that infant. INFANT –
not FETUS… Not “mother’s tissue”… INFANT.
Those doctors that do partial birth abortions are not better than this
person. I don’t think England is going to televise a partial
birth abortion… I don’t think snuff films are legal over there.
I hate Pit Bulls.
I really do. Pit Bulls are nasty creatures. Might as well have a
pet fucking alligator. These things should not be pets. I don’t
care what people say about them being nice. That’s what they all say
after the dog snaps and eats someone. A stray Pit Bull around my house
will become a dead Pit Bull collar or no.
Horde Member
Heartless Libertarian
has finally been convinced to open his own blog. He is off to a good
start! Bookmark this one.
I'll be back
later with some more stuff. Lots of stuff going on.
Getting ready for finals and all that jazz.
April 4th, Sunday, 2004:
Did some shooting today.
April 3rd, Saturday, 2004: 1900hrs:
Two things came for me
today…
1. A game called “CALL OF DUTY” that I have played like
non-stop for 3 damn hours… crickey that’s a damn good game! More on
that later. (Quick update... finished it on the easiest setting.
Very well done. Now going back to do it on "Regular")
2. A Marlin 336CS .30-30. It came in better shape than
what I was expecting…
wood only has a couple marks in it. Which is nothing since I have
plans for the wood. Other than that, the rifle is just like new.
Nice. When I picked up the rifle, I picked up 2 boxes
of ammo for it. Winchester CXP2, in 150 grains and 170 grains. I was
thinking about the Remington stuff… but the Winchester stuff as proven
it’s self to be better in other calibers so I went with it. The rifle
came with see-through scope rings which came off as soon as I got
home. The 336Y would have been 4 inches shorter and 5 rounds in the
tube instead of 6. Would that have been much of a difference? In
capacity, not really because I can load +1 should I be entering harms
way… but that 4 inches of length does make a difference in
maneuvering. Not much, but a difference none the less. Still,
considering everything altogether, I think this is going to make a fine
truck-gun. If it wasn’t already getting dark, I’d be hitting the
hills and finding its zero with each load. As it stands now, I
anxiously await the dawn. Thankfully I have Call of Duty to hold my
attention… ah… no… scratch that. I still have my paper to finish. Oh,
wait… not due until tomorrow night. Call of Duty it is!
1130hrs:
This morning I got an
email from my mother. Mom
and Dad are looking into buying body armor for my brothers who are
getting ready to deploy. They are with their unit today getting the
shots and filling out the proper forms. I searched for the armor that
was approved and found how much it is and how to get it… I also found
some good goggles for them to protect their eyes from blowing sand and
debris. Wiley X SG-1’s… very nice. Thanks to John F’ing Kerry who
voted no, after he voted yes… if we want my brothers to have body armor
– we have to buy it. At almost 2 grand a pop, this is expensive
indeed. So, thank you very much you motherfucking assclown, John
Fucking Kerry. I hate you with a bitterness most exquisite… just
saying your name is like vomiting bile.
“Ogre: The Fallujah incident strikes unexpectedly close to home for me. One of
the guys that was killed was Michael Teague. It may be coincidence, but
I served as a supply jerk in the 1st Ranger Bn. at the same time as a
Michael Teague. this guy would have been there about the same time. I
knew Mike only on sight. We'd say 'hello' when we saw each other but
that's it. Still, I feel this weird sense of mourning and a desire to
see Fallujah turned into a radioactive obsidian parking lot. If the
liberals had even vestigial testicles, they'd see that the only way out
of Iraq is over the dead bodies of the terrorists. –Ed”
“I'm contemplating
whether this cause is worth some of my money. If they succeed, I wonder if the media will report it? And I wonder
why Team W isn't making an issue of this?
http://www.conservative.org/lawsuit/ The firearms lawsuit/Kennedy
AP Ammo/Feinstein AWB mess was the first thing Kerry's voted on all
year. I'm going to guess that the fetal murder bill was the second,
given that the Dems are basically slaves to NARAL. Must be great being
a Senator. Skip work 60% of the time, and not only keep your job, but
still get paid, too. – Hearless Libertarian.”
If this goes after Kerry, I’ll donate every penny I can.
Heartless Libertarian
sends this as well:
A teacher in a small Vermont town asks her class how many of them are
John Kerry fans. Not really knowing what a John Kerry fan is, but
wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raise their hands
except one boy. The teacher asks Johnny why he has decided to be
different.
Johnny says, "I'm not a John Kerry fan."
The teacher says, "Why aren't you a John Kerry fan?"
Johnny says, "I'm a George Bush fan."
The teacher asks why he's a George Bush fan. The boy says, "Well, my
mom's a George Bush fan and my dad's a George Bush fan, so I'm a George
Bush fan!"
The teacher is kind of angry, because this is Vermont, so she asks,
"What if your mom was a moron and your dad was an idiot, what would
that make you?"
Johnny says, "That would make me a John Kerry fan."
The evil Christmas elf
that I couldn’t think of the other day… James Carville. Thanks Phil… Yeah, that’s the bastard right there. The
butt-weasel.
After reading my
suggestion for dealing with Fullujah, Andy sends us this: “No, no, this is how it should be done- The military
commander should bring in all the civil and religious leaders from that
area and announce that if one more American is killed, no matter how,
everyone in the town will be rounded up and packed into trucks, the
town leveled and turned into dust and the people driven to the Shiite
towns and released. I'm sure that the Shiite's would be happy to
entertain their Sunni oppressors from Saddam's time in power. This
should happen in every Sunni Triangle town until peace is restored or
the parking lot becomes too large.” Not bad… not bad. Not quite
violent enough for me… but subtle.
April 2nd, Friday, 2004:
2230hrs:
Seems like Kos is
pretty much
on the way out.
Good riddance. Got
this bit of information from
Tacitus. Excellent news. “Kos had his Dean Scream”… excellent
again. Funny how it was probably him that told Dean to scream in the
first place.
Not all psychologists
are Nucking Futs…
but this one is.
1300hrs:
Email from a long time
reader:
“Dear Mad One, I have read your blog since 2000. I am a Registered
Democrat and like your stuff tremendously, the previous posts where
directed at liberals. My Grandfather was a liberal… he volunteered for
fighting in Spain, against Franco and after Pearl Harbor, two days
after Pearl Harbor he volunteered for the Navy, doesn't sound like a
namby pamby softy. Maybe it's the Jane Fonda Liberals that believe
that their movies are realistic enough, or the demented Berkley freaks
that call our armed forces "baby killers" that give real open minded
tolerant people who have no preconceived notions. - Steven” Your
Grandfather was liberal when being a Liberal meant a whole other thing.
You guys sound more like the
Zell Miller sort of Democrats… the dying breed of Democrat that
makes sense and has a moral compass to follow… Miller and Lieberman…
guys like this should still be at your party’s core and the kooks like
Gore, Clark, Dean… and Kerry… should be the fringe black sheep of the
party. Yet they have taken it over and in doing so, have distanced
themselves from the reality of the American working class and the
American way of life. Tell me, Steven, how do you honestly feel about
Kerry? Seriously. Are you questioning his maniacal flip-flopping or
do you call it nuance? I’m asking you because you sound like you have
a head on your shoulders and I can respect that. Looking forward to
hearing from you.
Now, on one hand I have a Democrat like Steven here
– who I am sure has a lot of common ground with me on many issues.
On the other hand we have a Democrat like this. This sort of
Liberal Democrat is a whole other story. From his site, we read this:
“Daily Kos, a website run by Markos Moulitsas Zúniga; he also runs The
Political State Report, a site for politics junkies and operatives.
He's also consulting for several Democratic campaigns.” Google
has a lot of information about this cat… mostly hype because they are
just orgasmic that there is a Liberal voice amidst all the
conservatives on the net. (Wow, he helped Dean… nice job there!)
What really bothers me about this guy is his
comments from that first link. He says “Every death should be
on the front page… Let the people see what war is like. This isn't an
Xbox game. There are real repercussions to Bush's folly. That said, I
feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren't in Iraq because
of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make
Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw
them.” First off, it’s not spelled “merceneries”. It’s spelled
“mercenaries”. And this isn’t just this Kos fuckwad… look at all the
other posts supporting him. *sigh* Where the hell do I begin here?
How about
here. He is calling our soldiers mercenaries when he himself was
one has well. He served in the Army and worked with our MLRS systems.
I can respect that… but what drives me up a fucking wall is this
asshole’s flagrant hypocrisy! He calls soldiers mercenaries, but him
self was one and undoubtedly benefited from his service… Did he use any
GI Bill benefits to help pay for his college? I bet he did. Did he
cash any of his Army pay checks? I bet he did. Dirty fucking
hypocrite.
He wants to see dead Americans on the news? Readers have sent me
photos from Fallujah. Is this what he wants to see on the news?
Because the news isn’t showing this. The news is only showing distant
shots of the car burning… they don’t want to show the bodies. They
can’t show the bodies. If they did show the bodies, America as a whole
would rise up and demand we kick the shit out of Fallujah and that’s
something they don’t want. They don’t want America to be motivated to
fight.
Warning – these images are extremely gruesome. This is what
Kos says he wants to see more of?
These people in Fallujah… not all of them wanted this to happen… but
these people here in these pictures… these fucking ghouls… they should
be arrested. I
think Spectre said it best here. I’m with him on this one… I’d
have put these ghouls to the sword. Every one of them. Liberals like
Kos would say we did the same thing with Saddam’s dead sons. No. No
we did not. We cleaned the bodies, we treated them with respect – much
more than what they were actually due – and we took a couple photos and
then turned the bodies over for their own respective funerals. This is
not what happened in Fallujah. To call this the same thing is asinine.
If you can’t see the difference then you are too damned stupid to
waste time talking to. This Kos guy... I'm ashamed that he was
actually in the same Army that I was in. This bastard doesn't
deserve the honor of having worn the uniform. This fuckwad
deserves a beat down.
General George S Patton had it right.
I purchased the DVD “Patton” the other day – damn if that is not one of
the absolute best war movies ever made. His speech in the beginning is
Gospel. (Not quite historically accurate… but it’s pretty much a
compilation of Patton’s rants and it is put together beautifully – LOVE
that movie!) Some day, I want to play a game of chess with this man.
If CNN and FOX and NBC and the other networks all showed these images
that I posted above - Iraq would be over very soon. Because there
wouldn't be anything left to bother with. As far as Fallujah is
concerned... I suggest a midevial style seige with all power, food, and
water cut off until the people turn over the criminals that did this,
and their confederates. Then after a short trial a quick
executions, they can have the services back that America has been
providing.
I don’t know if any of
the Horde has actually taken a look at this Air America Radio bullshit…
the Liberal
answer to Rush Limbaugh… Well, the website’s Listen Live doesn’t work,
so I can’t hear any of it. And the stations are of course only in
Liberal city strongholds. Right now it’s only on 5 stations, and XM
radio. Yeah… that’s a power house threat to the EIB network right
there. Let’s look at who they got there. Al Franken… Oh, man… the
list just goes down hill from there… Weapons Expert Janeane Garofalo
with someone named Sam Seder there… then Randi Rhodes and Lizz Winstead…
who the hell are these people? I thought Al Gore was going to do a
show there… or maybe what’s his face… the cat that looks like an evil
Christmas elf. I’ll think of the name later. I don’t know what kind
of effort they put into this Air America Radio thing… but it doesn’t
look like much. They are not even remotely clever in the attempt to
make fun of Fox News… This is really amateurish and juvenile stuff
here. From what I am seeing, I don’t think this is going to last very
long. The people in LA, San Fran, NYC… they don’t listen to AM radio…
the people who listen to AM radio are the blue collar, keep America on
top, working middle class… the people in the Fly Over states… basically
everyone who finds these people on the air annoying at best. They
have no market. I’ll take Rush and Glenn Beck any day over these
fools.
If anything else…
this
proves that God is a merciful and just God.
And this gives me hope.
Apr 1st, Thursday, 2004:
1315hrs:
Argument with a couple
Liberals about SUV’s.
Tuesday night I was at
the campus with some Liberal folks and we ended up talking about
SUV’s... I'm still pissed off about this. To summarize the Liberal
argument, the fuel price problem is the fault of two sources. 50% of
the blame is George W Bush’s fault, and 50% of the blame goes to SUV
owners. Okay, what about the fuel crisis in the 70’s? There were no
SUV’s then and there were no President’s named Bush. I seem to
remember that when OPEC started to talk about restricting production,
that’s when gas prices started to climb… but that’s besides the point.
Anyways, these softskulled Liberals were going off on SUV owners like
(they pointed to me) “You sort of People”. I had been sitting and
listening quietly up until that point, mainly trying to read my
Psychology book and just to stay out of things. But at the "You
People" remark I had to engage the enemy. “You people? You mean
people who don’t cop to hypocrisy and drive a full sized van and try to
make them selves feel good about it by saying that it isn’t an SUV? Or
like you who drives a Jeep Wrangler with a 4 liter engine – but since
it does have a hard top, it’s not an SUV so you can talk smack? You
can’t take more than 3 other people besides yourself, yet you think
that’s more efficient? For 7 years I drove a Geo Metro XFI, okay?
When my family outgrew that, we got a larger vehicle. When I found I
liked going off road, I got four wheel drive. You’ve never driven
anything with less than six cylinders and you don’t even go off road.
Your Jeep has never even tasted a dirt road… yet you are going to try
to take a moral high ground on me? You could be driving a Geo Metro –
yet you don’t. So don’t you dare tell me what you think I should be
driving, you hypocritical ignorant son of bitch. I would have hoped
you would have some understanding of corporate price gouging and a lack
of our own national resource usage because of bleeding heart Liberals
like you who always block energy resource usage… so don’t talk to me
about ‘You People’ and point at me… I don’t care if you are a
Professor!”
 OCTOBER 10TH,
NATIONAL BITCH SLAP A LIBERAL IDIOT DAY.
Mark your calendars
accordingly.
From Horde Commander Kupari: “I wish you'd kick Al Franken's ass. Remember when he
tackled a guy that was heckling (I think) John Kerry or Howard Dean?
Yeah, he tackled the heckler because he believes in free speech, he
said. He came to my campus once. I didn't go see him, but I know this
annoying guy that's always going on about how great Al Franken is and
how he got to ride in a limo with Al Franken. Geez, it's pathetic.”
Maybe he is hoping the Liberals will give him a Federal Grant to shit
into a jar and call it art. As for Al… Bring it, you pussy!
 Email Of The Day from Dave: “Why doesn't the U.N. try to get the beam out of it's
own eye before it comes after the mote in ours? Here's an Idea: Go
after those countries (Members of the U.N., mind you) that defied their
sanctions in Iraq! That defiance, directly or indirectly, led to the
deaths of thousands of INNOCENT people who never got a trial, as
opposed to the 121 CRIMINALS that were tried, convicted, given several
automatic appeals that were NOT overturned, and put on death row.
SCREW THE U.N.! "If the United States doesn't abide by the ruling,
Mexico intends to take further legal steps, according to a Mexican
diplomat. Countries that fail to comply with court rulings can be
referred to the U.N. Security Council for "appropriate action,"
according to the court's statute." Is this a threat? Is Mexico really threatening the
U.S.? What, are they going to cut off their exportation of Mexicans?
Is there really anything in Mexico that we can't live without? I
wonder how many of the 55 Mexicans on death row were here illegally.
Honestly, we're WAY OVERDUE for fixing the flood coming over the
border. If the Mexican Citizens didn't have the alternative to come
here illegally, they would be forced to clean up their own mess of a
country and make it livable. In the long run, it's not only better for
us, but it's better for Mexico. Lets dig a big ass channel from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean, and fill it with salt water
crocodiles and other nasty shit like that. Then build a wall 100 feet
tall and running 200 feet underground on our side of the channel, and
station the BP along the top of the wall. Then put some of those
ground sensors like they have around Area 51 behind the wall. (You
know I'm just BS'ing this part, but someone smarter than me needs to
come up with a way to SECURE the border.) "Fierro was convicted of
shooting a taxi driver to death, Ramos was convicted of killing his
wife and two children with a hammer, and Torres was convicted of
killing two people during a burglary." "Mexico does not have the death
penalty. In 2002, Mexican President Vicente Fox canceled a visit to
President Bush's ranch in Texas to protest the state's execution of
convicted police killer Javier Suarez Medina, a Mexican national." Do
we really have to explain why these fuckwads deserve to die? Are they
serious? Maybe that's why Mexico is such a shitty place to live. They
either let these maggots back into their society (IF they were ever
caught in the first place), or they spend all their money on prisions
to house these parasites instead of actually helping the poor people of
Mexico become self-reliant. I don't blame the illegals for wanting out
of there, but it would be better for all involved, in the long run, if
we made a serious effort to cut them off, and force them to rebuild
their own country. In Summary:
SCREW THE U.N.!
SCREW VINCENTE FOX!
SCREW THE DEATH ROW INMATES!
SCREW JOHN F'ING KERRY! (Because he's bound to take the U.N.'s side) –
Dave” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army
1030hrs:
Sometimes I say things
out of anger that I don’t really mean. Such as my rants against Liberals and Iraq. Not all Liberals or
Iraqis are like that… I know that. In my heart I know that. I said
this in a private email: “While tears of rage may be blinding, we must
still have the self control to see that should be take mass retaliation
actions as is our instinctive reaction – we would be no better than the
barbarian we overthrew. Apes can be cruel… but you should see Orca
whales too. They kill for sport and play games with dead and dying
seals. This is actually an indication of a higher order of
intelligence. The highest order would also involve mercy. Yet this is
something I don’t feel for the Iraqis (right now). God help me if
something happens to my brothers who are on the way over.” There are
many up and down emotions going on… something like this happens…
Emotion kicks in… I want to lash out… then reason kicks in and I hold
back.
However just
because I stay my hand from striking, does this mean that nothing
should be done about these Anti-American fucknozzles? We know for a
fact that such protestors have given motivation to America’s combatant
enemies. John F’ing Kerry’s own efforts was said to have given
motivation to the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. In fact, it was
one of our enemy’s general officers that even said so. Such protests
also motivate others who are not yet combatants to become combatants
and thus encourages our enemy to fight harder. This is sedition and
there is a law against it:
16 May, 1918 - The U.S. Sedition Act:
United States,
Statutes at Large, Washington, D.C., 1918, Vol. XL, pp 553 ff. A
portion of the amendment to Section 3 of the Espionage Act of June 15,
1917.SECTION 3.
Whoever, when the
United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports
or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or
success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to
promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey
false reports, or false statements, . . . or incite insubordination,
disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces
of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct . . . the recruiting
or enlistment service of the United States, or . . . shall willfully
utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or
abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or
the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces
of the United States . . . or shall willfully display the flag of any
foreign enemy, or shall willfully . . . urge, incite, or advocate any
curtailment of production . . . or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest
the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and
whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country
with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the
cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or
both.
Sedition is treasonous. Sedition is a crime. This isn’t free speech
anymore when your free speaking is promoting the death of American
soldiers… these soldiers are not unknown faceless cannon fodder… these
soldiers are our sons, brothers, fathers… if not by blood, then by
spirit. If you hate George W Bush or not, it doesn’t matter… these
soldiers represent all of us. These soldiers are us. When a US
Soldier is wounded, we are wounded. When a US Soldier is killed, a
part of us dies. When someone speaks out against our soldiers in a
manner that promotes those that would kill our soldiers – that is
sedition. These people should be prosecuted. And don’t think that
just because that law is old, from 1918, that this law is outdated… in
fact the law is even more valid today because of CNN and all the other
communication tools that are used today. Tools that let some
screeching harpy in San Francisco be heard all around the globe in real
time.
Email about sedition
from Horde Officer Wojo:
“Dear Ogre, When I heard from you what some liberal said on the
radio, I, as well, became so enraged it about made my ears bleed...
ESPECIALLY in light of the attacks on US civilians yesterday. These
types of liberals are animals pure and simple. Its one thing to
perpetrate these acts when you are an Iraqi Batthist at war with the
US, but for one of our own (I almost puke to admit it) to calmly,
thoughtfully and cerebrally call for this activity is beyond
outrageous. It is sedition. It is illegal. It's about time Bush
enforce the US Sedition Act, eloquently written and put into law by our
fore-fathers. Many of these people, including people we meet on the
street everyday, should be arrested on these charges. They should
start with that animal you heard speak on the radio, then move on to a
few congressmen (I'd even throw in Sean Penn as a freebie). It would
only take a few high-profile arrests to make a difference. Keep up the
good work, Ogre. And stay MAD! I am praying for your loved ones in
Iraq and all of our soldiers in uniform. – Wojo” Thanks, man. I
appreciate it. You are absolutely right… it’s defiantly time to
enforce the Sedition Act. Someone saying “No Blood for Oil”… that’s
fine. That’s a war protestor and that’s absolutely fine. But the
cats saying things like what was said yesterday… that’s beyond the
pale. That’s sedition.
I don’t know what to
think about this bullshit right here.
The World Court has ruled that we (the US) has violated the rights
of some Mexicans that are on Death Row.
Speaking of Mexicans…
Looks like the GOP is pimping hard to get the Latino vote. I don’t
like the amnesty thing… but it’s about time the Conservatives courted
the latinos… At the core, Latinos are conservative. Why they
traditionally vote Democrat is beyond me. I don’t get that at all. A
great many Latinos are strong Catholics… a whole faith who should be as
far from the Left as possible one would think. Yet many vote Democrat
every time. Catholics are against abortion… yet Democrats are for it.
These kinds of disconnects drive me up a wall. Latinos need to vote
conservative! I mentioned this before… but let me tell you again.
Last year I went shooting with a friend and while shooting there was
this cat there who was mowing the lawn (Nice ranch house) and kinda
kept watching with interest. Eventually we invited him over and let
him do some shooting. He did very well. Turns out that this fellow
was the Mexican equivalent of US Secret Service… he was a body guard
for the former Mexican President. Yet here he was mowing lawns in
Utah. I wanted to talk to him more, but he had to get back to work… he
wanted to make sure that he did a good job. That’s respectable.
Humble guy, solid guy, this is a guy I would want in my crew.
Email from Heartless
Libertarian:
“Couple things - "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I
have others." --Groucho Marx channels John Kerry.
John Kerry: " I pledge
to you with all of my passion, with all of my soul and heart:..."
-Senator, when you
pledge something, it should be something you actually possess.”
Remember that van from the "A-Team"? This is the van from the
"A-10": (thanks to Spectre for this one)
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