Sunday, January 29, 2006

 

Long Live the "half-ninety"!

After two decades of NATO-inspired silliness, the U.S. Department of Defense is fianlly getting rid of its Beretta M9 9mm pistol, and going back to the grand-old .45 caliber! The .45 has always been the favorite of civillian and military gun enthusiasts alike, and there have been constant complaints about the lesser (compared to the .45) hitting power of the 9mm. The M1911 .45 caliber pistol was replaced by the 9mm Beretta in 1985 but in the last few years, SOCOM (Special Operations Command) and the Marines have officially adopted .45 caliber pistols as “official alternatives” to the M9 Beretta. There are several modern designs out there for .45 caliber pistols that are lighter, carry more ammo and are easier to maintain than the pre-World War I M1911 (which is actually about a century old, as a design). The Department of Defense plans to buy 645,000 of the new, more powerful weapon.

posted by huggy 9:21 PM

Monday, January 23, 2006

 

HERE IS AN ELEGANT ANALOGY:

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?" She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus, college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

posted by huggy 11:06 PM

Friday, January 06, 2006

 

Why is it than upon getting into office even the most conservative, "small-government", "no more spending" politicians eventually resort to spending like drunken whores?

George Bush has spent like a Kennedy and has helped to create a bigger bureaucracy than ever before...

Now, Kalifornia Governator Arnold, who was elected on the promises of fiscal conservatism and reduced spending, is now proposing the same borrowing and spending practices that all of the rest of the drunken whores love...

I'm so disappointed in all of them...

posted by huggy 6:30 PM