Saturday - May 12, 2007
Photo Of The Week
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Permalink • Friday - April 27, 2007
Fantasy Island
TGIF! And none too soon! It’s Miller Time so shake loose from that job, slip into some comfortable clothes and go unwind, gang. I’ll leave you today with a picture of one of the dream factories out on the Left Coast. Have a good weekend! (and check back for fun stuff tomorrow)
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Permalink • Friday - April 13, 2007
Trinity Site Visit
Macker went to the Trinity Site. Go see his photos of the tour.
Amazing stuff. I bet it was awe-inspiring.
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Permalink • Thursday - April 12, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
“Tralfamador”
The Tralfamadorians are real to Billy because without them he cannot live with himself. Billy believes that he was taken by a Tralfamdorian ship to be an exhibit of a human being in a Tralfamdorian Zoo. On Tralfamador, Billy is exposed to an entire new way of thinking which neutralizes the “Why me?” question. In the Tralfamdorian view of the Universe, guilt does not exist because in their view one is not responsible for one’s actions. Whatever will, or has happened will always happen and did always happen. There is no way to change the course of events. Everything is predetermined. Billy is told by the Tralfamadores (regarding Tralfamador) that:
“Today we do (have peace). On other days we have wars as horrible as any you’ve ever seen or read about. There isn’t anything we can do about them, so we simply don’t look at them. We ignore them. We spend eternity looking at pleasant moments.”
The Tralfamadorians even now question as to when and who will destroy the Universe, yet they make no attempt to stop it because in their eyes it cannot be stopped. Billy, by accepting the Tralfamadorian view, frees himself from the guilt which one feels when one is locked in time and responsible for one’s actions. Billy Pilgrim grasps the Tralfamadorian philosophy and insists the Tralfamadorian world exists because it eliminates the “Why me?” question. Guilt is a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime wrong; a feeling of culpability.
For example if one steals a hundred dollars, one would feel remorse over that action and wish one had not done it. Under the Tralfamadorian outlook Billy Pilgrim does not have to feel remorse for being saved because that is how it was and always will happen. He does not have to feel guilt or remorse because there is no reason to. There is nothing that can be done about war and death, “they are as easy to stop as glaciers.” The death of all those innocent people could not be stopped, it was predetermined by some unknown force just as the destruction of the Universe, by a Tralfamadorian testing a new fuel, is also predetermined and unstoppable.
-- Kurt Vonnegut, “Slaughterhouse Five”
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Permalink • Friday - April 06, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
“The Other Iraq”
I came across this picture in the photo gallery of the Washington Post’s “Today In Photos” for April 6. I had to just sit and stare at it for several minutes. I couldn’t help but think what a contrast this idyllic setting with children playing and their parents resting in the sun in Baghdad’s al-Zawraa public park is with the normal images we get from the media in Iraq.
My first thought was “Hey! This can’t be Central Command propaganda as the anti-war activists would probably claim! This came from the Washington Post, of all places.” My second thought was “Why don’t we see more of these pictures?”
I’m sure the terrorists and murdering thugs who are killing people in Iraq ever day make moments like this few and far between but would it hurt to actually show pictures like this to (a) show Americans that life is starting to return to normal in Iraq and (b) show the terrorists they are losing the battle?
I know. Stupid question. The lamestream media will have none of it since the defeat of American troops, the failure of democracy in Iraq and subsequent humiliation of President Bush is more important to them.
I wish these people well. Enjoy the beautiful springtime weather while you can. It will get better if we stick to our goals. Peace be upon you all.
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Permalink • Thursday - April 05, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
-- Photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall
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Permalink • Tuesday - April 03, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
-- Astronomy Picture Of The Day
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Permalink • Thursday - March 29, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
Air Force Three
WASHINGTON (AP) - March 29, 2007
The Pentagon today finally agreed to provide air transport for Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi to use to fly back and forth between Washington and San Francisco. The P-26A below will be stationed at Andrews AFB for Madame Speakers use at any time. The “Peashooter” has an effective range of 313 nautical miles and a top speed of 199 mph, which means Ms. Pelosi will have to refuel inflight a couple of times on the way but due to Defense Department budget cuts by Congress, the $16,500 plane was the only one that could be inserted into the budget at this time.
Pentagon spokesman General C. A. Tastrophe stated to the press that the plane seemed to be appropriate since the new budget Congress just enacted will only allow our troops in Iraq to fight with peashooters themselves ... uless they are allowed by the rules of engagement to throw rocks, which is currently under investigation by the House Armed Services Committee and subject to Supreme Court review.
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Permalink • Monday - March 26, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
“Dual Fuel Pump Station”
(Royal Air Force photo)
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Permalink • Thursday - March 22, 2007
300
I went and saw 300 last night. Since I had read some reviews, I was expecting a bloodfest, and boy did I get it! To be honest, I did not get the same emotional high as I did with movies like Braveheart, The Patriot and Gladiator, but it was a fun film nonetheless. It was based on a comic book Graphic Novel after all.
Well, apparently there has been no small amount of the vapors because it is not historically accurate. Did I mention it was based on a comic book Graphic Novel?
Victor Davis Hanson speaks to this in his latest article.
‘300’—Fact or Fiction?
Crowds are flocking to see the film “300” about the ancient Spartans’ last stand at the pass at Thermopylae against an invading Persian army. Yet many critics, in panning “300,” have alleged that the film is essentially historically inaccurate. Are they right?
Here are some answers. But first two qualifiers. I wrote an introduction to a book about the making of “300” after being shown a rough cut of the movie in October. And, second, remember that “300” does not claim to follow exactly ancient accounts of the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Instead, it is an impressionistic take on a graphic novel by Frank Miller, intended to entertain and shock first, and instruct second.
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Permalink • Thompson Slow Motion
With the positive comments about the Glock Full Auto post, I thought you might like to see some battle rifles in slo-mo as well.
Yeah. 
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Permalink • Thursday - March 08, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
“Good Morning, Iraq”
Photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
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Permalink • Wednesday - March 07, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
- Commander Dave Bowman: “2001 - A Space Odyssey”
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-- Astronomy Picture Of The Day
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Permalink • Sunday - March 04, 2007
Through The Looking Glass
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