Aloha Dump

I received an email from my grandfather today that didn't have some kind of religious Chicken-Soup-for-the Soul reference in the subject line so I didn't delete it right away. Instead, the email was a transcript from Rush Limbaugh's radio show. I am still not quite sure how to take the email that was labeled as a Conservative Alert ; it has a segment from Republican Congressman hopeful Vernon Robinson. RUSH LIMBAUGH: You've gotta hear this campaign commercial. There's a man running for office as a Republican, running for Congress in North Carolina. His name is Vernon Robinson. ... I don't even want to characterize it. Just listen to this commercial. ANNOUNCER: (Twilight Zone theme song) If you're a conservative Republican, watching the news these days can make you feel as though you are in...The Twilight Zone. Americans are under attack from Islamic extremists in every corner of the world. Homosexuals are mocking holy matrimony, and the lesbians and feminis...

Aside from the crude World of Warcraft reference there is a lot of truth in that title. I have noticed, and recently become a victim of, the many gadgets in our lives that are paraded around like badges of honor, serving as crude indicators of our successes or social status. I see many people using gadgets in a way that suggests everyone should look at them and notice how successful they are. Unfortunately, these people need to figure out for themselves that most of the people in the industrialized world are not impressed by their iPods, Razors, Blue Tooth earpieces or PDAs that rival most desktop systems. You know the type. They use their little gadgets and look around to see if anyone is watching them. Put them away and do something that most kids do to give themselves a high sense of self esteem- weld a bigger more obnoxious sounding tailpipe to your Honda Civic. Look, to all you people who think the shit you use is cool I have news for you- it's not. Perhaps 10-15 years ago it ...

A few months ago Fox News showed up at my command to do a piece on the difficulty of tracking diesel submarines, a chore the US Navy has made public since China is buying up Russian Kilo class boats to support the failing post world empire. Fox wanted to go on an actual US submarine to show the audience the training involved with diesel submarine tracking but the boat schedules didn't jive with Fox's limited shoot time so they came to the next best thing- a submarine training command. The segment of my command is a very small part of the segment but I was fortunate enough to be a talking head to propel the Bush War Machine forward in its efforts to keep China's hands out of Taiwan's cookie jar. The segment is linked below but if you aren't a fan of the Fox then just watch it because I'm freakin in it. Other than the Wheel of Fortune episode I was in this is the only other television time I have experienced. Well, that's not totally true- I got back at 2:45 ...

I read a very telling essay by Michael J. Totten a few days ago on his blog. He is a published writer that frequently travels the Middle East wrtitting about his adventures. This essay about a photojournalist and Michael as they were walking down a road in Lebanon and subsequently picked up by two Leabanese men in a pick-up. The essay not only shows the mentality of the Lebanese people toward their Arab and Jewish neighbors but also of their hospitality and struggles. Please read "The Israelis Live Over There, So I Don’t Have to Forgive Them" .

I guess people who don't blog as heavily as I do or that rely on the big news channels for their daily shot of bullshit probably haven't heard any amplifying information about the two soldiers that were found the other day. I made an entry about it a few posts down titled Out of Whack . The sources I cite say, via the Prime Minister of Iraq, that the soldiers were tortured. Most of us, myself included, would believe that he was talking about the beheading as the 'torture'. Wrong. These boys were tortured in the worst imaginable way. Their genetalia was cut off, their hearts cut out, their eyes poked out, and organs were shoved into their mouths- in addition to having their heads removed from their bodies. Graphic, horrid and anger-inciting. Fox News told this story- nobody else did. Hey, CNN, I don't give a shit what Angelina Jolie has to say. Compare this treatment with the things that happened in Abu Graib and Gitmo and there is no parallel. This cruel and cowardl...

Lagarto left Subic Bay, Philippines on April 12, 1945 and headed towards Gulf of Thailand, its second patrol to that area. U.S.S. Baya officers were to rendezvous with the Lagarto to discuss plans to attack a Japanese convoy on May 3, 1945. On May 3, 1945 the USS Lagarto transmitted its final message before it went off to fight. At 1 a.m. May 4, 1945, the Japanese convoy drove off the Baya. The targets of interest were crusing with heavy escorts. Nothing was ever heard again from the Lagarto. It was supposed to dock in Australia at the end of May, but it never arrived. The 86 man crew of Largarto has been on eternal patrol for 60 years now and the families of the crew never really knew where to lay their flowers, just that it was somewhere between the Phillipines and Australia. A diving team, following fisherman's hints of snagged nets in an area in the South China Sea dove into the 200 feet of water and began their search. Lagarto was suspected to be the only U.S. Balao class subm...

I'm watching it on Fox and I can't find a story about it anywhere as of yet. But I'm sure the liberal media, Democrats, and moonbats will put a spin on it- something to the effect that G.W. planted the 500 checmical weapons during his last visit. So, to all the naysayers, you will now have to pick something else to justify not going to war in Iraq. To some of you this will be very difficult considering how much you want the U.S. to fail over there. It's ok, you will get over it eventually. Please, for the love of God and all that is holy, don't say something pathetic like, "Well, we were right before we were wrong." Take that Kerry speak and put aside with the empty Botox needles. Not that there isn't plenty of other ammo to pelt Bush with, but this one less bullet in your Bush hating bandoliers. No gloating from you either Republicans. Don't demand apologies from Dems, don't shake your fingers and say, "HA! Told you so, jackass!" Jus...

I have been feeling like crap since last week with a horrible bout of my semi annual Bronchitis infliction so forgive me if I haven't blogged much. I do, however, want to call attention to some news that probably won't gain much attention since it has to do with dead American Soldiers and not dead insurgents. The Department of Defense shortcut on my desktop had the story. Opinion Nation also had a good write up. Four days ago a soldier was killed and two were snatched from a checkpoint near the Euphrates River. Regrettably, they were found today sans head. Of course, it's not enough for our adversaries to kill our soldiers in the name of their peaceful religion but they do everything in their power to ensure more soldiers are killed as they go to recover their fallen comrades: "They waited until daylight to bring in the explosive ordnance detachment to pick up what we believe are our two soldiers," he said. "There were IEDs in that location and we did have ...

Whoops-a-daisy! It seems Iranian Foreign Minister let the cat out of the bag during an interview covered my MEMRI televsion. We emphasize the peaceful nature of our nuclear weapons… I mean… of our nuclear power plant… Gee, I wonder why this didn't hit the mainstream media.

Robot Chicken has cornered the market on Star Wars parodies. This one showcases Emporer Palpatine hard at work in his office on Coruscant and what happens as he receives a call from Darth Vader concerning the Death Star. Emporer at Work

When I first heard Ann Coulter's comments on the widows of September 11 I was disappointed. This is what I heard on CNN in my office and what was played on the radio on my way to work last week: "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much." What a cruel and heartless statement about women who have had to suffer the worst tragedy of a (happy) marriage. I have read Ann Coulter's books and after hearing this statement I wished there some wayeway to return the books and get my money back. This is the kind of hate talk my money supports? Now I know how the Blacks felt when they found out the air-freshening crowns they put on their dashboards were invented by a member of the KKK. A recent interview on NBC by Brian Williams really nailed Coulter's statement to the liberal agenda cross. Ann Coulter was throwing the proverbial cow patty at all the victims of September 11. Or so it seemed. I could tell NBC was leaving some crucial material out of...

Good riddance, jackhole. This insurgent cleansing brought to you by "The Bunker Buster", promptly and courtesouly delivered by the U.S. Air Force. Mad props to the folks at Lockheed-Martin for thier superior design and construction. Accept no substitutes. I wish I could see the look on Zarqawi's face as he faces his tormentor for the rest of eternity. Just one guy, not 72 virgins, shoving pineapples up his ass until he is thrown in the abyss. The latest news is that Zarqawi was actually found alive after half a ton of explosives knock on his door. I hope that the soldiers that found him had a little time to slap him around a bit. "He obviously had some kind of visual recognition of who they were because he attempted to roll off the stretcher, as I am told, and get away, realizing it was U.S. military." Outstanding. That means that in the final moments of his life he came face to face with the military and had a few moments to let that nose-thumbing sink in. I h...

When sailors aren't at sea they become restless. This restlessness is abated by creating some sort of grief at someone else's expense and shared with everyone within earshot or email. Here is the latest email war between a guy in my office responding to a retired Chief Petty Officer who still thinks he is on active duty who sent an email out over the Navy's intranet mail server. The conversation has been presented in an altered format to promote flow ie. turned upside down, so to speak, so that the reader would not have to scroll up the follow the thread of conversation. The names have been changed to protect the innocent and to prevent the chastising of the retarded. __________________________________________ From: Civilian dude, who can't seem to let go of the Navy Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 14:17 To: Everyone, most of whom could give 2 shits about this email Subject: 4 CU. FT. FRIDGE & FREEEEEZZZZZER Aloha All, Anyone interested in purchasing a 4cu. F...

This is a belated D-Day post, of which the Blogs were full of, but something I also wanted to touch on as both a U.S. sailor and a U.S. citizen. Frankly, I haven’t blogged much lately (blogged- newly formed verb to be added to Webster’s next year and to spell checks as required) because I have spent most of my time reading and responding to other blogs. I am officially addicted to the blog culture. Has it been 62 years already since we saved Europe’s ass in WWII while simultaneously beating Japan’s? It is disturbing, in retrospect, that Japan is now one of our strongest allies and most of Europe now hates us. 'I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French division behind me.' - General George Patton Nationalism at its best. The world hailed us as humanitarian’s when American resolve was at work feeding hungry nations, unknowingly loading the pockets of foreign governments, and encouraging free world trade over the last few decades or so. But when that resol...