tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post7536123530089407693..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Why We FightJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-63973611431929960642008-11-15T13:25:00.000-05:002008-11-15T13:25:00.000-05:00keifus --"Fuck all y'all," which regrettably, will...keifus --<BR/><BR/><I>"Fuck all y'all," which regrettably, will never be uttered on the news.</I><BR/><BR/>In a world where Floridian Joe makes six figures as a "news" commentator, there be hope, yea, there be hope ...<BR/><BR/>Aloha<BR/><BR/>PookapookaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-48133298949153983852008-11-14T13:02:00.000-05:002008-11-14T13:02:00.000-05:00Shorter me: DSM's international airport makes me s...Shorter me: DSM's international airport makes me smile!<BR/><BR/>More shorter me: Paula Dean makes my ass hurt!heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-47525850063514242032008-11-14T09:36:00.000-05:002008-11-14T09:36:00.000-05:00All right, I'm all for ridding the communication u...All right, I'm all for ridding the communication universe of the those turgid, pregnant Dixieland pauses (and, for that matter, of Paula Deen), but we gotta keep y'all. Y'all is great. And the world would be at a horrible loss without the fabulous locution, "Fuck all y'all," which regrettably, will never be uttered on the news.<BR/><BR/>K (yankee)Keifushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287358319899471490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-82257599256921995462008-11-14T08:18:00.000-05:002008-11-14T08:18:00.000-05:00Davis X beat me to it. Hydrogen.Frank Luke was so...Davis X beat me to it. Hydrogen.<BR/><BR/>Frank Luke was something of a nut case living up to just about every Hollywood "rogue hero" stereotype you can imagine.<BR/><BR/>No fighter pilot in WWI wanted to tackle balloons except perhaps Luke. It's not unlike how modern fighter pilots hate doing ground support missions: they're far more dangerous than air supression flight profiles.<BR/><BR/>ThusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-31290807603647339782008-11-13T20:24:00.000-05:002008-11-13T20:24:00.000-05:00I caught the last fifteen minutes of that Frontlin...I caught the last fifteen minutes of that Frontline, and all I could think through the gagging was how sometimes I wish there really is a Hell, and that Atwater didn't get there slowly enough.<BR/><BR/>Regarding murky accents, I'll try to stay out of New York, 'cause if I ever get swept up in some CSI sting, it won't be long after my third "Eh??? - Could you speak English, please?" that they'd Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-11465397789177571662008-11-13T18:42:00.000-05:002008-11-13T18:42:00.000-05:00Yo, Dog: not David Brooks -- David *Brock*. Author...Yo, Dog: not David Brooks -- David *Brock*. Author of "The Real Anita Hill" and later, after his epiphany, "Blinded by the Right" and "Republican Noise Machine."<BR/><BR/>BTW, the inimitable Doghouse Reilly febrile diction ("th'fuck?!") is an instant classic. As is your appreciation of sumo! When's the next basho?kentropichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543003253933203724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-82596390057804666512008-11-13T18:35:00.000-05:002008-11-13T18:35:00.000-05:00Davis X. Machina said:Balloon-busting was extremel...<B>Davis X. Machina said</B>:<BR/><BR/>Balloon-busting was extremely dangerous involving firing tracer -- to set the balloons alight -- at close range, and then trying to avoid being taken down by the flaming -- no helium yet -- debris. <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_balloons" REL="nofollow">Balloons also had point-defense antiaircraft protection</A> that was, for its time, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-10183585422879749642008-11-13T16:35:00.000-05:002008-11-13T16:35:00.000-05:00I live in Des Moines, proud home of the Des Moines...I live in Des Moines, proud home of the Des Moines "International" Airport (where the big jet engines <I>don't</I> roar). The fact that there <B>are</B> no direct international flights out of Des Moines, not even a flight to the Canadian border, didn't faze the bunch of eejits who decided to change the airport's moniker a few years back. However, I'm happy to say they didn't spend anywhere near Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1224174209617625972008-11-13T14:42:00.000-05:002008-11-13T14:42:00.000-05:00Woo-hoo, REO Speedwagon! Takes me back to Naptown...Woo-hoo, REO Speedwagon! Takes me back to Naptown 1969. You don't want to hear about it and I don't want to talk about it.billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143974241272608502noreply@blogger.com