Thanks, Zemin, but it just isn't me.
Monday October 22, 2001
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.
--John Hillen, The New York Post
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.' "
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."
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
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.