I am typing in caps so 'i' can read what i am typing. This thread titled 'war on america' i think is as misunderstood as it was in vietnam (rvn).
We have two separate battles going on at once against the rag-heads. One is the actual battles in the sandbox and the other is here in the usa. I think the one in the sand box will end not unlike it did for russia when they did it; afghanistan was 'their 12 year vietnam war'. The troops we have there should be pulled out and put to better use on our borders.
Meanwhile back in conus the rag-heads are waging a war of attrition. Which has cost more? Troops in the middle east or the billions spent on terrorist activities here in the usa? Every time an airport is shutdown for any time the trickle down costs is amazing and most don't realize that.
The rag-heads can't just open up on us here; guns blazing (en mass); so they wage a war of attrition or 'cost to us' and this happens in many ways. Every time a plane is stopped due to some weird threat; it costs us big bucks and if you look at the numbers of those incidents the bucks pile up. They know what they are doing. It happens almost every day. It happened just two days ago in two different major airports.
They have been doing this for years and the cost is staggering. Granted; some have been captured only to be jailed and pending trial in a u.s. Court. When they should be tried in a military court at gitmo. They understand our laws and use them against us.
The muslim religion is not moderate by any means; it is a draconian religion even within their own individual homes it is brutal.
There are many cells here waiting to be activated and they will be sooner or later. What to expect? I would expect on a large scale activation that cells go for major infra structure. Examples would be major power grids, major bridges; dams and related targets of opportunity.
Do they have to destroy these targets? No. All they have to do is render them un-usable for a very long time. How? Easy. A brief case full of c-4 impregnated with lots of aspirn sized tablets of cobalt-60.
Just park the car on say the golden gate and detonate the c-4 and pellets. The explosion won't damage the bridge. It will destroy the car and driver but the cobalt - 60 will be reduced to dust and contaminate a wide area including the surrounding cities. The contamination will render the bridge unusable for a very long time since cobalt-60 has a very long half life.
Why cobalt-60? It is extremely radioactive and very easy to obtain; it does not have to be smuggled into the country; it is available (largely unguarded) in most major to moderate sized cities. It is used for industrial x-ray of major structures looking for structural fatigue such as a bridge or stadium or a large building. You name it. It's that easy.
They could do the same thing with the same method on the seaway from the gulf into houston or the hoover dam or the st. Law. Seaway into the great lakes. It is like the cliche goes; 'a target rich environment'.
Then again there are other ways to wage their war of attrition. Like the proposed super mosque in nyc. Look at what that is costing us. Think about it. Itemize it like a detailed tax return. If allowed and they broke ground what would it do to wall street? Most of the buildings there around the twin towers are still un-repaired.
If you think the last two major mkt. Fluxes in the mkt that neared a drop of 1,000 points is something wait until the rag heads get the go ahead for the super mosque.
In many cases (outside of the obvious gunfights) much of the war in vietnam was a war of attrition. Things hanoi did to cost us there and in conus are similar to what is happening now.
The difference between rvn and islam is we went to war against a country; not a religion; and this time we have gone to war against a religion with no country. In both cases the joint congress was not able to figure out how or what to declare war on.
It's as vague as declaring war on drugs or declaring war on poverty, etc.
It is ephemeral; not in the short lived sense but in the sense that one can't get a physical grasp on it. The rag heads know this. Make no mistake. Like sun-tzu said: 'know your enemy'. Clearly most americans do not.
They believe that giving their lives for jihad will insure that they each receive 72 virgins and rivers of milk and honey. Now then....
1.) i would find it hard to find 72 virgins on this planet today over the age of ten.
2.) if there were rivers of milk and honey; my bee's would go nuts with happiness and i'd have a feral cat problem animal control couldn't fathom.
3.) rag head math: There are right now about 7 to 8 billion people on this planet and one billion of them are rag heads. If one billion rag-heads think their sacrifice will bring them 72 virgins (not counting the milk and honey) that would mean we'd need at least 72 billion virgins which is much larger than the current population of planet earth.
The majority of them can't read nor write; the majority of them are illiterate and receive their orders personally or via a television or some other media such as radio.
Only a few are selected to be well educated and deployed to critical areas to lead the others.
They are will funded; endless money from oil and heroin.
We can trash the poppy fields but we can't plug their oil wells.
We stop one leak and they find another. For instance syria is supposed to be neutral albeit muslim and somehow the terrorists are flying from the middle east/africa to syria then from damascus to northern south america. Why?
They come in thru mexico of course and we have blocked most of their attempts (finally) to get here via amsterdam.
What about iran? Well i suspect that sooner or later israel will nuke them with a sudden strike and get it over with just as they did in april/1967 where they took on syria, iraq and egypt all at the same time and it was over in six days.
I remember that clearly; i was in rvn and put on a 12 hour stand-by to pack my bags and head for the sinani. Then it was over and back to quang ngai i went.
I doubt that the current person in the oval office will see a second term or even get a distant view of one. Why would a person like him from a rich family spend those years in a predominately muslim country which still is muslim? Why is his name islamic? November/2010 will be really interesting.
For most of you in your individual states you have seen over the years your share of political corruption; esp. In the recent year or so.
My state of hawaii is no different. It is about as corrupt as it gets. In the late 60's and early 70's it was very corrupt and it still is (if you live here) and i have lived here for about 40 years now. I'm 63 years old and i have pretty much seen it all and hawaii is probably one of the top five most corrupt states to date. Ergo, (you know where this is going)...
I don't care what tv says; a rich family can and does buy anything they want in this state including 'citizenship' and it would be or have been no real effort to alter records for a certain person born in kenya to suddenly be born in hawaii if you get my drift.
The so called 'matriarch' of that family is deceased now so those secrets will never be revealed; just thought i would add that since many believe what is on paper is 'correct'.
Some of you but i doubt many; saw in the past three days during the tv debates on the news over this nyc super mosque that some television shows were suddenly canceled because the shows in question were about to pay tribute to the lives lost on 9/11. And so it was done. However the powers that be could not stop all programming such as cnn or fox. But they did stop some programming and i saw it happen within less than 30 minutes notice. That rang my bell.
There is a very real attack on america right now; it is a war of attrition in a time when we can't afford a dime to add to the deficit.
How many of you know the difference between the 'deficit' and the 'national debt'? They are two different entities and while the majority of the citizens of this country do not understand the difference the rag heads do and they are working it like a nyc 'shell game' on a street corner. Where is the pea?
I could go on and on with this diatribe but i think i will wait for some replies; if any.
Well, there is a few more bits of info. The world of islam is for lack of a better word facist; not unlike hitler's movement bent on world domination. That was his goal and that is the goal of islam albeit hitler counted on the japanese invasion of manchuria in 1931 to take care of china while hitler dealt with europe.
Their motives were not only based on their facist ideology but also on expansionism. The rag heads goal is world domination but it is not based upon expansionism but it is fundamentally facist in it's ideology. The difference being is one was motivated by expansionism while the other is controlled by a draconian religion and not the state.
/s/ r. 'doc' *naturally blabby* ferrell
semper fidelis!
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
re: Attack/war on the usa my opinion
Well and clearly stated, Doc.
The people in this country need to wake up!
Attack on america
Mahalo mr. Amtower for your reply. Interesting stats that appear to show about 103 views with only one reply.
It is about 0612 hours hst (hawaii std. Time) and i received this morning an email from the president of pas; slick katz who rather chastised me for using a term to describe the islamic terrorists; i.e., the term 'r*g-h**d.
I was a sort of shocked since i haven't posted on the notam board in years.
He seemed to think some might find that term offensive. I don't. Your correct mr. Amtower this country needs a wake up and i mean as in 'yesterday'.
You would not believe how many veterans i comm with via email who are 'not' members of pas who feel that the so called 'attack on america' is over and the bad guys have already won. Curiously every single one of these people whom i am referring to are all 'combat' vietnam veterans.
This should scream volumes to most. I would have expected this from the political (non combatant) left in this country but not from combat veterans.
I have several usmc friends whose kids are in the middle east; some on their third tours. My own have been in or near the sand box for the past few years. Before that they were out of japan playing with the guy with the bad hair cut in north korea.
This country has, in the past taken a beating many times for being complacent.
In my post i discussed the use of cobalt-60 as an easy weapon they could use because of it's irradiation and long half life. I know this stuff is easy to get. It is used in industrial radiation as i pointed out. This isotope is a by product of nuclear reactors (not always the type you see that produce energy); more like the type termed as 'breeder' facilities.
Among other uses other than industrial irradiation to check for structural fatigue it is also used in large drive in buildings to irradiate produce and it is effective.
The truck drives in; the driver gets out and leaves the building; then it is sealed and they remotely roll out a large lead box. Then by remote control it is opened and a single tablet the size of an aspirin is moved to expose the inside of the building with a high dose or radiation killing any organisms on the produce. Then it is returned to the box and sealed and the doors are opened and the driver gets in the truck and carries on.
The irradiation does not contaminate the food; however if it were crushed to dust then it would contaminate everything. I once considered getting a license to use this material for industrial radiation. Too much paper work and more importantly too many larger companies with long standing municipal contracts made it rather un-cost effective.
Which is to say that is how easy this stuff is to get. The 'nrc' will gladly send you a lot of nice colored brochures on this material along with photos of what happens if you make a mistake. Nrc (nuclear regulatory commission).
The days of robert oppenheimer; while brilliant, are history. When i noted the 'bad guys' could easily manually detonate a so called 'gun-fired' nuke i was not kidding.
Any college kid with a major in nuclear physics can fabricate one. Some think that is an urban myth. It is not.
High energy radioactive materials like cobalt-60 if reduced to dust; produce first and foremost gamma irradiation. This is the same as bundled photon energy we get from the sun traveling at the speed of light. The secondary problem is particulate irradiation from alpha and beta particles.
Does anyone know what hd-50/50 means? Also there is no such thing as a safe threshold dose of any form of radiation; none!!! 5,000 rads or more will kill you instantly. 3,000 rads will kill you in a week or so; and you will die very similar in the ways you've all read about of those who died from 'ebola'.
Radiation is 'cumulative'. This goes for medical radiation as simple as a routine chest x-ray. The justification is that the risk is out weighed by the diagnostic value of the image via the exposure. I used to do about 5,000 films a year. I know what i am talking about.
The guys in tehran know all about this stuff.
This country does indeed need a wake up call.
It's real; it's surprisingly simple and 99% of our population doesn't have a clue. My only solace is that i live in a remote area far from a target of opportunity and gamma radiation travels in a straight line; not the curve of the earth.
As for my chastisement i remember vietnam very well, we referred to the vietcong or vc; as 'dinks' and other colorful terms like 'rice propelled bas*t**d's', etc. We were never censored for this.
/s/ r. 'doc' *politically incorrect but never complacent* ferrell
semper fidelis
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
with America and you
Doc, know that many americans are with you and not only don't believe in but don't give a rat's ass about political correctness or those that do. semper fi and GOD bless our USA
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Short note here by my standards (you should see my email).
I'm not certain what the rules & regs are for posting here given the use of language; although i do see a dramatic difference in what is 'allowed' here versus what we get in the pas magazine/newsletter. I'm confused. It must be my personal case of 'c.r.a.f.t.' and acronym that that needs translation if ya'll know what it means. For those who do not email me at: ferrell@alohabroadband.net. I will 'slain' it to the acronym that is somewhat graphic to those with sensibilities.
I hope that ya'll were watching cnn yesterday and the day before where a guy approx. 22 years old enlisted in the army and after all that training at 'your expense' made it to the 101st airborne. A distinguished unit. You don't get there unless you go thru a lot of stuff. It's not exactly an option on your recruiter's enlistment promise.
Never the less this guy as refused to deploy to the middle east because he is muslim and thinks it is illegal (per his religious beliefs) to kill other muslims.
He knowingly took the pledge we all did and now that he is being deployed to the sand box is 'refusing' to go. It begs the question. 'why enlist in the first place and cost the usa all that training'?
Muslims as i have stated will kill each other when they have no other to kill (namely we 'infidels') see history 101.
Now the army is sitting on a hard spot trying to figure out what to do with this guy? He refused to go; not unlike the guy from hawaii who was not muslim. Then again we have to think of the so called muslim chaplain that waxed several people in ft. Hood, tx. (if i am correct and if not correct me on the locale).
This newest guy well trained in the 101st airborne didn't get their by a recruiter's promise; that is impossible. He got there thru his own tenacity or hard work.
One can not just enlist in the army and tell the recruiter i want to be in the 101st airborne. It doesn't work that way; you have to go thru lots of training (esp. With preliminary training) thru the 82nd airborne then and 'if' you pass that you may or may not be selected by the 101st for further training. So.... What do we have now?
Well, we have a young guy with all the training who will more than likely be discharged with a dishonorable and knowing the current administration he will more than likely not do any brig time before discharge and will be cut loose on the streets.
What you should be thinking about now is .... Whoa! *ph*uc*k otherwise known to me as my cantonese kitchen god for cooking.
This guy is ripe for picking by al quaeda (spell it like you want just so it comes out as 'dangerous'). And you thought padillia was a problem?
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in my last post the ref. To hd/50/50 and i could be wrong on the 'hd' part due to 'c.r.a.f.t.' means or refers to a lethal dose of gamma radiation and particulates that would kill half of the exposed within a given time depending on the source and exposure; lots of variables n' stuff.
this guy (mentioned above) is a time bomb per jihad waiting to go off. He just needs the control to tell him, how, when and where. Like the others before him.
regarding other 'breaking news' i could go on and on but if you think; carter (today), clinton, jihad jane, hanoi jane and of course a guy named 'kerry' are confusing then your in the same rice paddy as me.
It gets confusing. The big 'o' likes it that way; all rhetoric (talk) as in all 'talk and no cattle'.
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i will pray (if that is not a violation of pas posting regs), that americans will see thru the ruse and take the time to vote. If you do not vote you can't complain. If you vote and lose at least you tried. Samo-samo vietnam, 'comme il faut'?
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i was allowed to smoke (dod gave me free cigs) but could not have a beer or vote. Sucks huh? I never smoked until rvn then when it was free i got hooked by dod and now the va is telling me i must stop????? Why? My age? You'd think the va would encourage aging vets to smoke as much as they can afford to kill them selves so the va can write them off. I told this to the va recently and they hung up on me? Not sure why? I seem to offend lots of people wherever i go including this little opus and of course ace hardware. Another topic not for this thread.
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in the last week alone i have had about 20 people tell me i am rude. Imagine that? I feel somewhat perky.
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okay; enough of that stuff ( would have used a four letter word for 'stuff') but while the pas board will censor that word; ted turner; does not. Wierd? Actually i have a very good vocabulary. It's not needed much these days with generation 'what ever it is'? X? Y? Z?
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since my last post there have been a sunray of 'incidents' again the war of attrition. Does anyone keep track of this stuff like i do? If it were medical i would call it a virus that is spreading with no vaccine. Fairly simple concept.
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moreover it is not spreading like a flu virus which is perty nasty; but it is spreading on a more exponential level. Not sure how to explain that. Maybe like the difference between a an earthquake that is rated say a 3.5 on the scale vs: One that is rated a 4.0. The difference is staggering and most people think a 4.0 minus a 3.5 is just a .5 difference. Nothing could be further from the truth. I really don't have a clue as how to explain this.
okay i'll give it a shot. I know most of you have heard the riddle: Which would you rather have? A million dollars or a penny that doubles everyday? Ans. Is the penny. It will dwarf the million bucks inside a month given all things normal which means it's iffy given the director of the federal reserve....(i'm on a roll... ) rumor has it that fed. Chair bernake (spelling) has thousands of tons of pennies somewhere in the bottom of a vast canyon. His ira/k-plan i guess?
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unless you were born yesterday; ya'll might remember the old revolutionary story of paul revere; where he said if one lamp was burning (lit) the british were coming and if two were lit they were not or vice versa i can't remember which due to 'c.r.a.ft.' and that is not the point. He had a warning system ready to go. It worked!!!!
now we have all the technology in the world and some you can't imagine and these geeks can't tell us if, when or how the muslims are coming; but at least we know like paul revere that sooner or later; most likely sooner they will be here in the open; not behind vague cells that no one can pin down. Anyone got your pyramid aluminum, alien hat on to get these subtle messages? Just curious.
oh ... I nearly forgot; the war we initiated in response to saddam's iraq. This should get the attention and at least some reply from some bomber pilot out there in pas land......
remember the media coverage then? The attack was called' shock & awe'. There was (as ya'll can see no 'shock n' awe') just lots of missiles and bombings of iraq. No nukes.
now for you bombers with knowledge you know this is true; and it was just lots of bombs and missiles and naval gunfire.
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but i would like a reply on this little tidbit: 'shock n' awe' was never about nukes or naval gunfire or stealth bombers dropping bombs on bagdad. It was about a non-nuke bomb we had that was 'never' (let me say that again; never used).
It was never used. And we still have it. It is a conventional bomb to be dropped from a bomber. It is not in any way shape or form nuclear. Understand that.
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the bomb or bombs were never used in 'shock n' awe' because while they were non-nuclear bombs they were so powerful that when detonated they would actually create a small nuclear detonation. Just from the sheer size of the explosion. In other words the bomb was so powerful that it would blow and create gamma wave radiation and particulates too. If used; ergo it was not used.
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if you think i'm high on beer email me. I was surprised when the so called 'shock n' awe' thing never happened with media in hotels in bagdad on the ground. Had it been they wouldn't be reporting i guess? As i recall most of them saw all the arty but no shock n' awe and wondered just what that was supposed to mean. They'll never know.
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had it been used there would be nor have any need to go into bagdad and take it street by steet against the red-guard. It would have looked like nagasaki 1945. Plus lots of dead media guys.
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yes we have bombs that are not nukes but are as powerful as nukes and i defy anyone to argue that. Most of you pas guys are pilots and or fast movers you know it all.
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replies should be interesting (failing that the viewer reads).
/s/ r. 'doc' ferrell
semper fi
ps: How do you get your photo (avatar) a hindu ref. I don't care for up so you can see my photo like mr. Amtower of texas did. I have about a 50% computer disability too; ( i am certain) wally beddoe's favors.
Until next time if i'm on this side of the grass in hawai ne.
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/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
Mahalo's r. T. Foster
r.t.foster;27902 wrote: doc, know that many americans are with you and not only don't believe in but don't give a rat's ass about political correctness or those that do. Semper fi and god bless our usa
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i was hoping i was getting thru to ya'll cuz the bad guys are winnng unless we cheat and steal the pea under their shell game.
/s/ r. Doc ferrell
semper fi
rvn-66-67
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
'DOC FERRELL' wrote: watching cnn yesterday
Well there's your problem!!!
Something i found interesting
MANY OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEEN AND LISTENED TO THIS BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHATSOEVER WHERE TO POST IT SO I GUESS I WILL STICK WITH THIS THREAD AND JUST POST THE LINK HERE. NOT SURE IF I CAN POST IT AS A HYPER-LINK (JUST CLICK N' GO) BUT IF NOT, THEN ONE CAN ALWAYS COPY AND PASTE IT TO THE BROWSER YOU USE AND GO TO IT AS FOLLOWS:
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http://www.nragive.com/ringoffreedom/index.html
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THIS IS A VIDEO/SPEECH GIVEN BY LT. COL. OLIVER NORTH (USMC), TO ME HE IS A TRUE AMERICAN HERO. HE DOES NOT MINCE WORDS; EVEN AS HE WAS SUBJECTED TO A SENATE BEATING AS ONCE HE HAD TO ENDURE UNDER ONE (THEN) SENATOR AL GORE. (YOU KNOW, THAT GUY WHO INVENTED THE INTERNET). MY PERSONAL OPINION COMPELS ME TO STATE THAT COL. NORTH DOES NOT CARE FOR 'FENCE SITTING' BUREAUCRATS.
PASS IT ON IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN/HEARD THIS. OR NOT. YOUR CHOICE.
I COULD TELL YOU A SIMILAR VIETNAM WAR STORY BUT I'D MORE THAN LIKELY BE CENSORED AGAIN. SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR TREND THESE DAYS IN THIS COUNTRY WITH SO CALLED FREEDOM OF SPEECH. OH WELL, SUCH IS LIFE.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL (REALLY OLD FMF 8404)
SEMPER FI
PS: CONGRATS TO THE GUY IN THIS THREAD WHO USED THE TERM 'RAT'S ASS' AND GOT AWAY WITH IT. YOU MUST TELL ME HOW YOU DO THAT SOMEDAY.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
re: Ollie North
Thanks Doc.
THAT is a GREAT piece of video.
BTW --- it ALWAYS chokes me up.
He is also one of my favorites. I've had the pleasure of meeting him
twice and talking to him.
Mahalo nui mike
A friend of mine with 1/7 (s-2) rvn, 66-67 sent me that video link yesterday. It was the first time i saw the flick. Yeah, it made my eyes leaky too.
I just envy the heck outta you for being able to meet col. North not once but twice? Lucky buggah, you. I came close once when he was out here in hawaii ne and was over at kaneohe, mcas. I couldn't get there.
Noticed your rvn era 'avatar' (if that is the correct word), boy oh boy; looks what happened to you happened to me. Age. Then i noticed you are this thread's moderator. And... Your in texas? Most excellent.
While marines come from all over the country; i find it unusual that (in my research) a 'very' large number of them are from texas. Why is that? It has to be an 'alamo thang'.
Not sure where that town of yours is. However i'll ask the wife since he is one of those honey-blonde natural born texicans along with that 'west texas' temper. I get some of that daily. By west texas i mean the lubbock or near by towns. Then it goes on into east new mexico around the hobb's area. Meanest nurse i ever married.
I am not very computer literate when it comes to these on line board things. I usually restrict my computer time to emails and bidness (okay.... Business). Finance n' stuff.
If you could cut me a hus; i'd like to post my email addy and ask you to do that 'avatar' thing; so you can post my jpg on this thread (or i assume once it's done it appears on any thread, dunno?) i have never been able to finger this stuff out.
My email is: ferrell@alohabroadband.net
don't make no never mind if it's upper/lower case just make sure if you give it a shot it as typed. No spaces or stuff. Other than the (dot) net (.net).
If you do email just make sure your to and from address is the same or my computer will choke on it. Auto junk mail.
I have one available rvn photo i can email (it's clean) and one of the few surviving pictures of me in rvn; this one i'm talking about was taken in chu-lai.
I have a couple of others i recently tried to get wally beddoe to put up in the photo gallery but i can't find them so i guess he didn't. He must be busy and i do drive him crazy. I drive slick crazy too. It's what i do best.
In the jpeg i'd like to send you; i'm not wearing a shirt or top or cover; just utes n' boots and my 1911 a1. And yes that is the way i stand other than at attention; even that is an effort. Been that way since i was a kid. Still stand that way even with a cane. Weird?
Most look at it and go, 'what are ya? John wayne?'. Nope. It is just the way i stand.
I used to be on a monthly mailing list for kaneohe mcas, hawaii's on base no rank exclusions for beer or who-hit-john (your preferred poison) and pupus (hawaiian for snacks or 'bar food') at the o' club. Of course it was too expensive to fly over there for that one hour fiesta at 1600 then try to catch a flight back to the big island and then the long drive to ka'u from kona airport so i never went.
Esp. If your perty much half or mostly in the bag and driving not to mention the in-flight inter-island drink cart. And the wait for your flight at honolulu international in the 'blue parrot' bar.
Every time anyone enters or exits the bar that big blue neon parrot screams. I wanted to shoot it. But they don't allow hand guns in the airport. Probably has something to do with middle eastern terrorists. Not to mention a blue neon parrot shortage.
In those days with that much hootch i had no fear of flying. Since i'd already crashed on take off once via aloha airlines and shot down on take off once in vietnam in a uh-34d in an lz full of red smoking canisters. That hurt. Still does i think.
I 'always' select the furthest rear seats (starboard) on flights. So on that aloha flight they taxi out to wait their turn to do their thang. My wife was with me. We had our seat belts on of course and the jet begain to accelerate really fast to get to that need for speed.
They have to clear the high rise buildings over honolulu's business district or else one mistake and the place goes 'rent controlled condo' wid fries.
I felt an unusal thud/bump then another and another within about 4 seconds of each other; so i reached over and grabbed the wife's seat belt and pulled it really tight while saying; 'your gonna hate what happens next' and it did. Long story. But common on inter-island flights in the islands.
I could tell ya stories if there was a thread devoted to it! Like ever been in a plane on your final approach and find your inverted? I have.
The marines come here frequently to train up north on the 'saddle road' area below mauna kea. I run into them all the time. Nearby (up there) is a fenced off place on parker ranch land; once called 'camp tarawa'.
This is the place where marines trained on two cinder cones called (hope this isn't censored but that is what they called it): 'nellie's tits'. Not vulgar just usmc 'colorful language' as it were.
They had no idea what they were training for but the place was selected because those two cinder cones (mini volcanic hills) closely resembled the two major volcanic cones or hills the marines would take on iwo jima.
Over 5,000 of them were there and they were not told why or where or what they were training for until they were at sea.
Where was i? I got off track; and never road amtrak?
Now i remember. The video clip. Something similar but not the same happened to me in rvn which i will detail someday. A story hard to believe but like pop-a-smoke likes to say; 'hey you can't make this stuff up!'
also a clarification: 'not all muslims are arabs and not all arabs are muslim'. Muslims are arabs; however most of the people of israel are arabs and not muslims. There is a difference.
Please email me if you wish; and i will check for your email tomorrow (monday) aug. 30th. It's about 1000 hours hst here and time to shut the box off; i've been up since 0100 hours and i feel every minute of it.
/s/ r. 'doc' ferrell
semper fi!
Ps: I am going to try something in this additional options thing to see if it works; i doubt it but i'll give it a shot.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
Apparently i got a jpg up....
But mike gowan and email me anyhow. I still need to do the avatar bit and i have another jpg.
Note the boots? I could never keep those things spit shined? Whenever i was in chu-lai it seemed to peeve alot of officer types. Actually i never could figure out that 'spit shined' thing. Who cares? Do it right and 30 minutes later start over.
I suppose i could have spent 13 months just trying to polish boots. My shoes now days look perty much the same; i go bare foot alot. How do you spit shine sperry deck-siders?
Doc ferrell
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/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
Photo upload
DOC FERRELL;27925 wrote:
I have a couple of others i recently tried to get wally beddoe to put up in the photo gallery but i can't find them so i guess he didn't. He must be busy and i do drive him crazy. I drive slick crazy too. It's what i do best.
PIC # 15100
https://www.popasmoke.com/visions/index.php?page=search_by_number&photo_number=15100
Mahalo slick i found the b&w photo via mike amtower
First: Larry zok i saw your message on this private message thingie but i never received an email when you called yesterday. 8/29/2010. I was expecting to find two emails from you on my email thing and not on this private message thing.
Like i told ya on the phone keep the bucks. Don't insult me by returning it. If i can't attend pas' reunions i can support them or as in the past offer to pay someone else's way who can't afford it. Also tried to do the avatar bit; not sure if it will work or not. If not, don't mean nuth'n. Mahalo slick for getting that old b&w photo up.
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now then... The thread is called 'attack on america'.
I would like anyone reading this to take any pocket change you might have handy and any counterfeit bills (also called federal reserve notes); and look at some of the coins and all of the currency.
On most, not all coins and on the back of all currency you will read clearly the following: 'in god we trust'.
Unless the current joint house/senate has their way then it might be changed to read: 'in allah we trust'.
Personally i prefer 'in god we trust' which is to say i don't trust 'allah', allan greenspan or bernanke any further than i could toss them.
The 'fed' is an international bank consortium that underwrites and supports the united states of america dollar. This means some of those foreign banks that support our 'federal reserve notes' could be muslim states. Wouldn't that be irony?
In the old days if you looked at the top of your currency it did not say: Federal reserve note. It said, 'silver certificate'.
Once our currency was backed by gold and silver. What happened? We..........llllllllll .... What happened is foreign countries horded the silver certificates and like an 'i.o.u.' they brought them back and redeemed them for gold then silver; until we no longer had enough of these metals to support the currency. Hence the creation of the federal reserve.
In those days when currency was a 'silver certificate' it was worth it's face value. A dollar was worth a dollar; however under today's federal reserve system a dollar is not worth much.
It's a promise for all debts public and private. It only has value as long as the federal government pays the fed monthly interest on the amount they have 'lent' to us to support the dollar.
Needless to say these foreign countries including muslim countries rich in oil and countries like china have us on a short leash.
Anytime we default on the interest payments to the fed then they can foreclose faster than a sub-prime mortgage gone south.
Basically the united states becomes a giant 'yard sale'.
We pay billions on the interest to the fed without ever touching the principal. Like paying the interest on your credit card debt without paying off the card.
Remember in a prior post i said i doubt few people know the difference between the national debt and the deficit.
The national debt is the total amount we owe anyone which we could pay eventually if it were not for the national deficit.
The deficit undermines the debt by creating one way trade agreements with foreign entities in their favor. You can buy all the japanese cars you want in this country right from the plants they have in this country to build them.
What you can't do is export say a million jeep grand cherokees to japan. They won't allow it.
I see from my unique little corner of the world a strange phenomena. We have lots of japanese tourists come here daily.
They can spend like you can't imagine because their currency is so valuable. However when these tourists get off the plane and rent a car, do you think they rent a subaru or nissan or toyota? Nope. They rent jeeps. They rent convertible mustangs. They rent fancy american town cars. Stuff they can't get in japan.
This one way trade agreement is just one of many one way trade agreements that combined are what we call the trade deficit which as a direct impact on the national debt.
How do we stop it? Well. Just about every politician will tell you it can't be done. It can.
We have one of those sneaky 'ace cards' up our sleeve we can play anytime although if we do the results would certainly be a fast track to war with any countries involved.
All we have to do is confiscate their land and plants. Send them packing and then demand a trade agreement in our favor. Of course our political body congress won't do that and it would more than likely as stated be a fast track to war with some countries; not all but some.
We have always had the power to do this. Those foreign countries know it too. You betcha! They know it!!!
I mean come on people. We have been the innovators since the industrial revolution. Why do we have russian made trains running on our railroad tracks? We do. I have photos of them in our so called 'heartland' smack dab in iowa. Russian made trains. Not american. Russian.
We are under attack by the federal reserve; our real enemies and oddly enough most of our allies. Anything wrong with this picture? Anyone?
Ya'll might think i'm a raving lunatic but this is how it is and has been for some time.
Virtually everything you buy is made in china, japan or mexico, et al countries.
Last november/2009 i contacted a large california based furniture company and ordered a large wall cabinet unit. It cost about 10 grand. When it arrived i found it was assembled in singapore, it's components were made in china and then it was shipped to the california company who re-shipped it to me.
I'd love to see the money trail on that one.
The attack on american also comes largely from within; by corporations who 'out source' to other countries to save money for themselves; not us.
I recently had to retire my american flag and order a new one. I was surprised to see that it was made in the usa and not china.
/s/ r. 'doc' ferrell
got to see if this avatar thing works or not
semper fi
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
re: The Avatar
Good on ya! Doc!
I see you got the Avatar loaded.
Welcome aboard! BTW
Mahalo mike for the help....it's been a while
Mike Amtower;27947 wrote: Good on ya! Doc!
I see you got the Avatar loaded.
Welcome aboard! BTW
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I GOT YOUR FLURRY OF EMAILS WITH RESPECT TO MY WEB PAGE/S. MAKE SURE YOU TURN ON THE SOUND WHEN YOU GO THERE.
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AS FOR THE 'ATTACK ON AMERICA' UNDER MY WEB PAGE YOU WILL FIND A NEW ONE POSTED. HE'S A PIECE OF WORK. TO MY DISDAIN THIS PARTICULAR 'S.O.B.' IS A RESIDENT OF MAUI, HAWAII. RATHER EMBARRASSING. SOLD OUT TO THE CHINESE.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO READ ABOUT HIM OR ANY OTHER TRAITOR/TERRORIST; (I COMBINED THEM LAST YEAR SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY); YOU CAN GO TO MY URL WEB PAGE:
http://www.marzone.com/corpsman/Ferrell.htm
CLICK ON 'TRAITORS' AND THAR YA GO. IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS WITH ALOT OF THEM PENDING. A REALLY BIG LIST. PENDING.
STILL WORKING ON THAT BLUE HYPER LINK THANG. JUST FIND THE TRAITORS PAGE AND CLICK ON THE LITTLE FLASHING BALL. MOST PAGES HAVE SOUND AND ALL ARE .WAV FILES SO IT LOADS FAST.
I GUESS THE JANE FONDA TARGET ON MY MAIN PAGE WITH THE LITTLE GUY MARCHING OUT AND URINATING ON HER AS A SIGNATURE GRAPHIC WOULD OFFEND SOME DELICATE SENSES HERE. (SORRY SLICK). UNLESS YOUR AFRAID SHE'LL SUE YA. SHE HASN'T TRIED IT WITH ME. NOR HAS ANYONE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE HANOI JANE STICKER 'CALL HOME' EITHER.
SHE IS ONE OF TWO AMERICANS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR WHO WENT TO THE HANIO GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND NOT THE UNITED STATES TO PROMOTE OR EXTEND OR BLOCK THE 'THEN' ONGOING PEACE TALKS IN FRANCE. HANOI JANE BY DEFINITION IS A TRAITOR. SHE WAS NEVER PROSECUTED.
HANOI HAD BEEN WATCHING OUR TELEVISION AND THE ANTI-WAR PROTESTS. THEY WERE ON THE VERGE OF SURRENDER FOR SOMETIME UNTIL JANE SHOWED UP. A HOLLYWOOD STAR WHO ONLY FUELED AND EXTENDED THE WAR AND LOTS OF AMERICAN LIVES WERE LOST.
NOR WAS J. KERRY WHO WENT TO PARIS ON HIS OWN WITHOUT UNITED STATES GOV. AUTHORIZATION TO INTERVENE AND THAT IS 'TREASON' NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE OR DICE IT. KERRY IS NOW A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MASS.
AS A NAVY OFFICER HE WATCHED ANTI WAR PROTESTERS BURN THE FLAG AND DID NOTHING TO STOP THEM WHICH HE SHOULD HAVE. HE DID TAKE THE OATH; APPARENTLY HE DID NOT MEAN IT. PROBABLY RAISED HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE HIS 'LEFT' (NO PUN INTENDED) WAS BEHIND HIM WITH HIS FINGERS CROSSED.
SOME GET AWAY WITH IT SOME DON'T.
LAST TIME I HEARD; I THINK IT WAS A THIRD TIME ON A 60-MINUTES INTERVIEW SHE (HANOI JANE), ASKED IF THE VIETNAM VETERANS WOULD FORGIVE HER. THE HOST (WALTERS) SAID, 'I DOUBT IT'.
I ALSO HAVE A STORY ABOUT HANOI JANE DUCKING REPORTERS SOME YEARS AGO IN LAS VEGAS.
IT'S ABOUT 1308 HOURS HST AND I HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THIS BOX AND GIT TO BIDNESS. OTHERWISE I COULD BE ON HERE ALL DAYEM DAY. 'DAYEM' FIGURE IT OUT. HILLBILLY SPEAK. I AM ONE. I SPEAK IT FLUENTLY.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
SEMPER FIDELIS
GOT TO PLAY GAMES TOMORROW 8/31/10 WITH THE KONA VA, SO I WON'T BE ON HERE SO YA'LL CAN BREATH A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
The war on america continues: As of 8/30/2010
Well it would appear the attack on america is still on-going. Not that it ever stopped; it's just that there are so many the media can't keep up with the incidents unless one really stands out; like yesterday, 8/30/2010.
Seems a couple of guys (clearly muslim by name and foreign birth) tried a little switcher- roo. I.e., we be going that way and the luggage the other.
Now they were arrested like some before them after making it from the usa to amsterdam. I'm still wondering why no one has mentioned their names in relation to the so called 'no fly list', or any list. Muslim names on an international flight should get someone's attention and it's not profiling either.
Then again; international flights require i think that the luggage on the flight matches the passenger; but somehow in this incident they found away around it.
They made a didi-mau for amsterdam and the luggage ended up in 'memphis, tn.'? Odd.
So what do they find (or at least as is revealed in the media) they find a bag with three cell phones taped to a pepto-bismo bottle and i think sandwiched in between a std. Issue terrorist 'box cutter' blade and two knives?
Meanwhile back at the hoover bldg. In wdc, et al places lots of people are tasked with trying to figure this one out. Was it an attempt; if so to what end or was it a 'trial run'?
Either way it is once again their war of attrition against us. Imagine the costs that have been rung up since this happened; and it ain't over.
None of this stuff was in carry on luggage but 'checked' luggage that some how didn't follow their flight?
Cell phones taped together? A box cutter and two knives and a bottle of pepto-bismo. (not sure if the bottle was empty or full). Note on otc medications such as that; these bottles generally come with a hard plastic shrink like seals to show if the bottle has ever been opened.
*many years ago somewhere for some reason some nut tampered with a bottle of tylenol; after that incident now you see tamper proof seals on lots of things.*
detail were not revealed in the news. Actually conflicting reports said the bottle was full; while another said it was empty. Either way why tape three cell phones to a plastic bottle full or empty?
I imagine like any other incident of this type there are some things not revealed.
You can look up the ingredients of pept-bismo on the search engine of your choice; you perty much get the same information on the ingredients.
It also comes in tablet/capsule form as well otc. Many people want to take the stuff; but don't like the liquid form hence the tablet form. It's available in virtually any mkt with otc drugs. The terrorists selected the bottled version for some reason over the tablet version.
It is primarily used by most for anti-diarrheal or sometimes for gastric acid reflux. It comes under other names such as maalox, etc.
The primary or most important ingredient in pepto-bismo like other anti-diarrheal medications is 'loperamide' (hope that is spelled correctly). It slows down the our little colonic huastra while giving (buying) one time to absorb water in a loose stool that otherwise would cause one to drop everything and run for the loo.
Absorbed water is then passed via the renal system. It begs the question why have it taped to three cell phones?
Generally, when flying into the united states it is more or less safe to drink the water so to speak; while if leaving the country for some foreign destination one generally doesn't want to drink the water (unless it's bottled).
The only usa city i can think of where you don't want to drink the water is wdc. There is so much clorox in it you can do laundry without bleach. It's in the water, ice, coffee, anything they add water too tastes like clorox.
If you o.d. On this stuff (pepto-bismo), you get a bad case of constipation. A common problem in the senate/house during a filibuster. It's also considered a creamer additive to coffee (a natural laxative) at i.r.s. Because, well... They're full of it.
I don't get the three cell phones taped to the bottle that is in luggage and of course not as a carry on. What? The guy is going to want to call pepto-bismo's 800 number for tips?
Like the other incidents of this type when no more information is released the media will drop it and move on to other issues. Still, these incidents happen almost daily and cost us a fortune.
Now the so called 'underwear' bomber (i prefer to call him 'hot-pants'), was supposed to have had a bottle of something in his underwear that could potentially blow a hole in the fuselage of the plane he was on.
Something went wrong. He failed. Or perhaps his control set him up. Just to see what would happen. Had it been real; then hot pants would have triggered the device over the atlantic ocean and not on the tarmac in detroit. Which of course failed.
That incident is still costing us a chunk of change.
Haven't seen the news yet this morning. It's still early here in hawaii. I'll turn it on in a bit and see if any new stuff has been released.
Meanwhile i have to check my fishbowl full of spare change to see if i can afford many more of incidents of attrition.
/s/ r. 'doc' ferrell
semper fidelis
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
The muslim guys & lost luggage saga continues
Well so far after the last post on this incident; we now see that the two muslims who were arrested in amsterdam not only 'uh... Lost their luggage defying tsa regs on international flights, but...
The two guys claimed to not know each other, yet both were headed 'home' to yemen. I sure hope this rings a few bells out there in pop-a-smoke land. I'm sure more will be forthcoming as it gets better n' better.
Also i picked up something yesterday but missed it; so i can't really say much on it but there seems to be something similar or related to something in murfeesboro, tenn. (not sure if that is spelt rite). I went thru their many years ago; mostly dodging tenn. Hwy. Patrol guys.
These muslim guys are all over us like 'white on rice' (wild rice excepted; it ain't rice. It's actually an aquatic cereal).
Where was i?
Yes. I remember. I was feeling like i was diagonally parked in a parallel universe. While trying to figure out how to make my right hand do that commander spock's vulcan hand gesture without using my left hand to spread my fingers on my right hand?
I remember an old 50's tv sci-fi show; basically about 'space commander whack and his dead dog 'larry'. It sort of reminds me of how inefficient the so called 'tsa' is with respect to making sure airports are safe.
They seem to be easily diverted by terrorists because the bad guys already know they have short (if any) attention spans.
Meanwhile back in nasa land; their latest low bidder has spent a billion dollars on a new rocket to replace the out going shuttles. If fizzled.
Remember those old b&w sc-fi shows that showed the rocket zooming thru space? It was clearly a little metal tube hanging from a string with cigarette smoke coming out it's rear end.
I think iran has something a bit more sophisticated. Call me crazy (most do); but i doan think thier nuke rockets are going to be hanging from a string propelled by cigar smoke.
My guess is iranians have already infiltrated nasa only to report back to tehran, 'we're gonna win!'.
Anyone watch the oval office speech yesterday? Any thoughts on that one? I have a few dozen.
The big 'o' (the prez) remarked on a long convoy of troops leaving iraq and entering kuwait without a single shot fired at the convoy. Duh????
Hey! They're leaving en masse why shoot at them and start something? Meanwhile for reasons not clearly outlined the in-country usa helo drivers are now busier than usual.
Now; i'm all for the troops pulling out lock stock and barrel and putting them to better use here in the usa. No point in trying to out do the russians in a war they lost with those guys just by attrition.
Btw; this notam board thang is a hoot.
Meanwhile it is as of this sentence; 0901 hours hst. I'm in the computer room with cnn on; listening to a problem with some guy in silver springs, md.
Now. Isn't that place sort of devoted to cia hq? Or did they move without leaving a forwarding address with our reduced force postal service?
Why is this guy in a building surrounded by 's.w.a.t.' (another pesky acronym). First impression is lots of guys with fly-swatters in armored cars; (this is for really serious flies). No 'r.a.i.d.' (sorry another acronym).
This guy is reported to be heavily armed and is wearing some sort of 'tanks' on his back. I'm fairly certain but not 100% certain; he is there to complain about loosing his 's.c.u.b.a' certification! (yep... Another acronym).
My guess is the guy has some amped up version of a flame thrower or just something that will simply go 'boom!'. ('boom' is not an acronym). Wish it was. 'b.o.o.m.' might be some acronym related to 'hooters'. Who knows?
Still, all these federal, state and military acronyms are confusing. It's like trying to read and 'eye chart' and come away with some comprehensive understanding of what one has just read.
Anyone who may have access to this suggestion would you please post an image (jepg) of an eye chart in 'farsi'? It might explain alot. It would appear the tsa warnings posted in airports in 'farsi' don't seem to be legible to those that read the language. Mis-spells n' stuff. How can you tell the difference?
It probably is the root of that problem. I suggest the tsa take down the tsa 'farsi' warning signs regarding luggage and just stick an 'imam' up above the crowd and he can yell at them.
Meanwhile back in silver springs there are reports of shots fired. Not sure if it's the nut or the s.w.a.t. Acronyms doing the shooting but someone better not hit those tanks on that guy's back.
Meanwhile the authorities (what a great label) are telling people in the building to lock themselves in their offices and not come out.
If things go 'f.u.b.a.r.' (ya'll know that acronym) the people won't have to worry about exit strategies.
I think the media have posted a photo of this guy. Not sure. However it does sound somewhat like that utah incident where the guy went in guns blazing in a federal building that had a federal court room (i think) and a social security office. Word was he was peeved over his ssa benefits. Meantime the cops there didn't block traffic but traffic was coming and going in both (all directions)....
While the cops were all over the place doing a re-run of the 'o.k. Corral in tombstone'. Don't ya love 'fire discipline'?
Meanwhile back a few posts in 'nuclear' land anyone figure out what hd-50/50 means?
It means if a radioactive product is exposed one way or another; pick your poison; it alludes to the number of people who will die at a given rate depending on exposure over a given number of days.
Sounds like perty safe odds if your just playing black or red on a roulette table (well not exactly since you have to watch for the three green spots on that wheel of fortune); but it's not bad odds. Even if your the only player surrounded by a bunch of casino paid 'shills'.
It doesn't work that way with radiation.
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now the nut in silver springs is reported to have hostages or at least one; who is described as the security guard for the building???
So much for 'wack 'n' hut' security (name of the corp. That provides security at airports, public and private buildings; and even multi-plex movie theaters!). Should be self explanatory. Right?
I met one once in kona who was in charge of night watch on our mutli-office medical complex. He was unarmed; and looked like someone who flunked a jennie cragi diet program. It was hard to talk to him until he could get the 'cheetos' crumbs off his lips/mouth.
I suspect he was actually an undercover agent for frito-lay who pretended to be night watch for the medical complex while actually spying on the nearby multi-plex theater concession food bar. I'm so paranoid.
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it appears (at this point in the news coverage) this guy is a disgruntled 'discovery' employee with a 'save the planet sign'.
He should be down on the gulf shooting and taking hostage guys who work for 'bp' (british petroleum).
Now we have every cop in maryland and guys from wdc who want some of this. My guess is one of them or most will want or need to fire a shot so they can (in debriefing) claim they need to retire due to 'p.t.s.d.' (another acronym).
I have it from vietnam. They don't tell me it's p.t.s.d. They just say i'm nuts, rude, crude and socially unacceptable. Then they say i am getting better while at the same time restricting me from any communication with any va personnel? I'm so confused.
In the mid 90's varo (call it an acronym) i call it a cluster-****; sent their xo from honolulu and his flunky from maui to kona for one of their self congratulatory va celebrations.
I was there. There was a large flat huge plate cake or whatever you call those things, uh... Sheet cakes i think.
He made his speech and i came up behind him and put my left hand on the back of his head and my right hand on the back of his neck and buried his face in the 'sheet'/ s**t cake.
They asked me to leave. Cake assault. Larry, moe and curly joe got away with it constantly with pies?
Meanwhile back in reality land i'm still trying to total up the 'attrition' cost of the latest pair of muslims bound for yemen. I'm sure the guys in amsterdam will break them and get the information in ways we can't since their country is being overrun by muslims and the muslims use the place like a 7-11 quick shop which more than likely scares the bejesus outta the hindu's that run those places.
Got to git to it. Chores n' stuff (it's called being married); wife, one, individual, each.
Have to make some phone calls about now and prep the s.u.'s (spouse unit) dinner; another acronym. Not s.u. But dinner.
Bill o' fare will more than likely be 'terrorist chicken'.
Mostly hawaiian spices with a touch of spicy curry. You eat it then about an hour later feel a need to destroy something.
/s/ r. 'doc' *acronym impaired* ferrell
semper fidelis
ps: I never failed a 'rorschach test', i cheated and got the answers in advance!
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
I am at a loss for words ... Which should make
Slick and 'big al barber' raise an eyebrow of surprise. I never could get past that pesky word, 'pithy'. I think i was vaccinated at an early age with a phonograph needle. Just a hunch.
As ya'll have seen the boy's from yemen have been replaced by the hurricane 'earl' and the silver springs incident yesterday.
I think the hurricane should be renamed: 'my name is earl' after that boring tv sit-com. Now i've derailed myself again faster than an amtrak train. (i.e., i got off track).
As for the attack on america: That is the topic title of this thread. I found it really interesting regarding the just breaking news on yet another oil rig that went ka-boom in the gulf off the coast of texas. Media says no one has a clue as to what happened but people on the rig were rescued.
Last i heard the rig was still burning. Houston probably had a pre-labor day fire sale on garden hoses and there aren't enough to put out the fire on the burning oil rig.
Prelim news reports say the rig was not producing any 'product'. Anyone thinking 'sabotage'?
These rigs are very pricey to build and put out there and they don't just throw a dart at a map and go, "let's drill here!"
nope. Before one is put on site it usually goes thru alot of extensive exploration to see if there is anything down there worth drilling for. Right? I don't know much about the science other that what i read on the gas pump when i fill up my jeep with some really expensive 92 octane.
Where i live the gasoline is the most expensive in the country. Right now were i to drive into my local gas station on fumes and fill up it would cost me about $150.00!!
I think of that as an attack on america. Or ... At least ocean view, hawaii.
Meanwhile the attack on america has me focused today on some guy who put out a report yesterday following that speech from the oval office by the big 'o' where this guy says it is the fault of the vietnam veterans for **'breathing'** or drinking water in vietnam?
Call me crazy but i had no idea i was supposed to hold my breath for 13 months and pray for then (non-existent) bottles of aquafina bottled water to put in my canteen rather than the rice paddy or well water with a halazone tablet.
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i assume most of ya'll heard the speakers yesterday and listened to the rhetoric while the big 'o' stood to one side with his earwig thing on along with the big-wigs (no connection to any wigs) listened to the translation when the 'plo' guy spoke.
Sec/state hilary had her translation head set on for all of the speakers? I found it strange since some spoke english.
Nah.... She understands english. Right? Maybe it was just a head set hooked to her ipod while she listened to some elevator music. Just spit-balling here.
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then the visitors were 'herded' into a room for a private dinner. Pork-chops probably weren't on the menu.
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after that not much else was reported. However if ya'll listened to each speaker you have to know that all it takes is one more attack or support of an attack and we're back to square one. I don't think we ever left square one.
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when i was a kid; i never beat 'square one' esp. Playing 'monopoly'. Always drew that card, 'do not pass go, do not collect $200.00.
I suspect the game was rigged in a conspiracy involving the 'veterans administration' and some large corporate conglomerates. If i landed on 'park-place' i could never afford to buy it. I suspect it was reserved for wealthy muslims from saudi arabia so they could build or fund a large muslim mosque on park-place, nyc.
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one thing is certain. Before the day is done. Something else
muslim related will take place.
Something will happen. Maybe pigs will fly over the middle east; course they can't shoot them down; pork would be just ever where.
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media reports the burning rig might have been drilling for 'natural gas'. We can get all that we need from bureaucrats in the 'district of confusion' (wdc) or from lots of broccoli in our diets.
time to git to it. Got a pan of 'wild rice' to tame. Actually it's not a rice like the stuff from asia. It's actually an 'aquatic cereal'.
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more as i get it; i usually do...
/s/ r. 'doc' ferrell
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
Waking upAmerica
As you can see Doc, a most of us are with you on this one!
I haven't been able to fathom a means of getting through to clueless John Q. Public!
They seem to be completely oblivious denizens of some fantasy land!
Our elected representatives don't listen so what do we do?
How do we wake up JQP?
Semper Fi Doc and keep on swingin'!
Yesterday 9/2/10 & today 9/3/10 war on america
Just keeps on getting more interesting; and in my last post i said that before the day was done there would be more news.... And there was.
As always it seems to be a 'war of attrition' (all those incidents); cost us money when people have to respond to another 'incident'.
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so yesterday we find someone abandoned a mercedes in nyc and the police had to treat it as a 'threat' (ka-ching... More money spent).
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then we find out that the president of afghanistan (who rigged the election); as stolen a fortune from the country and wants us to bail out the main bank.
Note this guy 'kazar' (who cares how it's spelled) also seems to own 7% of the bank he wants bailed out that he ripped millions of dollars from? Huh?
Meantime his brother has the afghan mkt on drugs and heroin cornered. Not sure if he uses the same bank though.
Then we have to remember (americans have short term memories); that recently in afghanistan a fortune in potential mining was found in those mountains which could easily pay not only this country back for our expenses for saving them; but bail out the bank of afghanistan they want us to fund??? I'm confused.
Breaking in my senility isn't easy. First you forget faces; then you forget names then you forget to zip up your fly or forget to un-zip it at a critical moment.
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this guy kazar or whatever is easy to spot; he wears a furry version of a dairy-queen fry cook's piss cutter hat. When he takes off the cap it lays flat with a zipper which can be used as a bank bag.
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meanwhile the russians are preparing for an attack from someone by making 'inflatable' tanks, planes, missile launchers and trucks, etc. Idea is to confuse the attacking force to expend assets on fake targets.... Now
media says this is a brilliant idea. Again we see a big case of collective memory loss. Unless i'm mistaken and anyone correct me, before we attacked iraq saddam insane knew we were coming and he prepared for it in advance.
When we hit iraq we found he'd placed in strategic places fake targets. Tanks, planes, trucks, missile launchers all made out of plywood and painted to look real.
A few kerosene lamps in those fakes to produce a heat signature and thar ya go. He was insane but not entirely stupid. Of course later on he used up all his 'stupid' saving none for later.
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meanwhile at miami international some guy (alleged to be a scientist) had some metal tubes in his luggage.
He was not arrested. The cops took the canisters to a lab for analysis. I'm waiting for the results from the lab.
I suspect it was another 'trial run'; since this same guy did time in the gray-bar motel ten years ago for trying to smuggle containers of 'bubonic plague' through an airport.
Containers of a plague that wiped out half of europe long ago during the middle ages isn't something you toss in your luggage in preparation for a flight.
You know; 'the check list': Clean underwear, clothes, toothpaste, toothbrush, bubonic plague, shaving gear, shampoo, creme rince, antibiotics for the plague bacterium, underarm deodorant, sterile syringe, nose hair clippers (unless you prefer to use a box cutter), extra ties, swim trunks for the hotel pool, etc. Then double check it before snapping closed and locking your samsonite matched luggage collection. Did i forget anything?
Most people wonder that on the way to the airport.
back in silver springs the crazy guy with the back tanks appeared to have been armed with a 'starter pistol'. Was it a test or trial run; or was it suicide by tiny pistol used to start a race? "ready! Set! Dead!"
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no matter what; it cost the taxpayers a boatload of money when every cop within 50 miles showed up.
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apparently the guy was protesting humanity for ruining the planet. It would appear that he sat an example by earning this month's 'darwin award' when he unselfishly removed himself from the global gene pool.
I suspect his part of the gene pool was the shallow end.
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meantime the prez or big 'o' as i like to call him has turned over further exchanges with the middle east countries he hosted at the white house to sec/state hilary?
Not sure how that is gonna work out. Most of those muslim guys don't like to take orders, advise or any lip service from women.
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so it's 0700 hours hst. I'm sure the news will get more interesting. I'll check back later on the plague guy. Meanwhile when 'the going gets tough, the tough go shopping'. I need to go to ace hardware and do my part to stimulate the economy.
/s/ r. 'doc' ferrell
semper fi!
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
9/3/2010 speech from the big 'o' followed by
'the moody blues' (pun intended); and for moweens who are alleged to read. A little 1835 fairy tale by hans christian anderson, titled: 'the princess and the pea'.
My cantonese kitchen god, aka 'whoa phuck' just returned from a thai kidnapping human traffic ring by some rich guy in california and is wondering if he's gonna be deported. Not the rich guy, my kitchen god/cook.
And so...
The big 'o' addressed the nation yesterday stating that all was well with the economy (despite the war of attrition and attacks on america) and the middle class was in more or less a tax protected environment. *cough! Bs!*
the big 'o' said jobs were growing by leaps and bounds. That is true if you consider the jobs available in special niche places where no one in the main stream is able to get one if one applies. Basically genius' only need apply.
There is a genius deficit in wdc.
He said jobs were on the rise. Compared to what? Jobs are lost faster than pop-a-smoke's web page 'hit' counter can keep up with.
The big 'o' says the jobless rate is now at under 8%. However the chief analyst at moody's (hence moody blues) says the jobless rate is near 10% if not more and it will increase substantially next year and for the next several years. He looked rather blue around the gills. He said the unemployment will stay in double digits for a very long time.
Note that the jobless rate should be less than 5%; more like 4% in the best of times. This ain't the best of times.
Which brings us to hans christian anderson's 'princess and the pea' fairy tale written in 1835; and no people it ain't about the big labor day serta mattress sales.
Some prince back then (in 1835-ish) wanted to find a suitable princess. (you can check off and delete paris hilton) from the candidates. (even though she might be that old with all those 'botox' injections).
So one wet rainy night this woman shows up on the prince's door and she is allowed to spend the night. (no! It's not an earlier version of 'tail-hook').
So the housekeeper for the prince sees that he is intrigued by this woman. (her name was not hilary). (the rain soaked girl not the housekeeper). The housekeeper's name was 'chelsea'.
So as a test by the housekeeper to protect the prince who is intrigued by the wet girl (no she is not from hooters). (the wet girl; not the housekeeper).
The housekeeper puts her in the guest room (not sure what else to call it?); then stacks 20 mattresses on top of 20 soft feather beds and as a test for her sensitivity (something wdc does not recognize); the housekeeper places an uncooked pea under the mattresses. (could have been a lentil?).
Next morning the prince askes the woman how she slept?
Now...
The woman said her night was sleepless (no! Not in seattle).
She said it was uncomfortable because something in the mattresses kept her awake.
Either she was so sensitive to the pea in the bedding or she had a rough time climbing into a bed of 40 mattresses say about 30 feet high. And ya'll thought the top bunk was a five star cast iron bit*ch when you had to get off the top rack and take a whiz in the middle of the night.
If the woman did just that; i'm sure she took a header and this was before personal liability or worker's comp.
Nevertheless the prince was impressed by her sensitivity and married her, (with a prenuptial agreement) drawn up by an ancestor of the lawyer who defended o.j. Simpson.
So where is this going? I ask myself that alot. First of all it tells you to never trust attorneys.
Then it should tell you if your sensitive enough to feel a pea under your posture-pedic california king sized bed mattress you should be able to get that same feeling when you hear another story about something weird in the news that is related to terrorism.
It could be a direct attempt or just a trial run to see if anyone is awake at the switch.
I suggest some of the tsa guards who sit at desks have to sit on a government purchased office chair with a pea built into the seat cushion.
This same idea might come in handy for the chair behind the desk in the white house oval office. Not to mention the two parallel sofas in front of the desk.
Better yet your underwear 'hecho de ecuador' shoud come with a built in un-cooked pea just to keep ya'll alert.
Everyday i turn on the news and listen to the 'incidents' that cost us money; that war of attrition, i don't feel like i'm recumbent on just one pea but rather a one pound bag of jolly-green-giant peas (still frozen).
'ho, ho, ho' .... Green giant'.... Not to be confused with 'jack and the bean-stalk. That's another analogy.
It's 0439 hours hst and i have to crawl back in bed. Had to get up before midnight; uncomfortable. Probably peas. Could have been little nuggets of lava rock though.
The big 'o' said that labor day wasn't about bbq's but to honor the american workers. I think all five of them were were standing somewhere nearby off camera.
Oddly enough the only 'real' job openings are for terrorists.
/s/ r. 'doc' ferrell
semper fi
ps: Never eat your peas with a knife.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
0716 hour hst: - 10 hours zulu in time zone speak
I'm back up. On my previous post i was up at 2315 hours hst (hawaii time) friday, 9/3/2010.
After about six budweisers later to wake up i was alert and ready for cyber-space. Around 0439 hours hst, 9/4/2010 i got sleepy.
Now i'm sitting here drinking folger's coffee from my official sgt. Grit 'fmf corpsman of marines, death cheaters' coffee cup.
I turned on the news only to find halloween had come early to the city of atlanta, ga. Seems there is a parade where all these people are dressed up in 'star trek' clothes or a variety of 'star wars' costumes; with a few super heroes tossed in like 'bat-man'.
I noticed one individual in the parade of costumed characters was wearing a white robe; with a red & white checkered cloth wrapped around his head and over his face.
A crazy person (not that the others in the parade were sane); or was he just a 'terrorist' taking advantage of the pre-halloween parade to march down the street?
The turban did give him a distinct look. I was shocked! More so than the annual new year's eve tv shots of the drag-queen contests in key west, fla.
Muslim terrorists are scarey but so is a 6'6" drag-queen wearing size 12 high-heels, dressed like carmen miranda!
It reminded me of the middle east guys who showed up at the white house, hosted by the prez. (the big 'o') and after each had spoken they all retired inside for lunch.
I had a sudden craving for 'pigs in a blanket'. A snack made with about one third of a hot dog wrapped in a biscuit and baked.
Unlike potato chips you 'can' just eat one which should hold ya' for another ten years.
Then .... Not long after the middle east guys went inside the inner chambers of the white house; guess what?
The spokesman (he likes to call himself the president) for iran shows up on tv stating once again... 'there will be no peace until every person in israel is wiped off the face of the earth'.
Was he just peeved because he wasn't invited to the white house for lunch? Probably not.
I take this guy seriously, which means israel and those other middle eastern guys can negotiate all they want but in the end; sooner or later israel will have to strike iran first before iran goes ballistic.
So much for peace talking. Meanwhile back in wdc all the oval office does about iran is to 'condemn' their activities.
That must scare iran stupit (yes 'stupit').
Every other day the oval office and sometimes the joint house/senate will declare officially that they 'condemn' some foreign entity's actions.
This usually takes place when the gop and the dems aren't busy condemning each other's actions or lack thereof.
A cup of folger's and a packet of 'splenda' gets me all worked up. I should switch to de-caf with a couple of 10 mg. Tabs of valium. My computer keyboard might last longer too.
Today is 9/4/2010 and in just a few days will be another anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. I am expecting the muslims to do something to remind us of that date in history.
I wonder if i am the only person who thinks that is possible if not probable?
I guess we'll all know in the next few days.
/s/ r. 'doc' ferrell
semper fi
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
This a user-cp test
Only a test. Do not be alarmed. There will be no pop quizes.
I'm just trying to figure out this cp-user thang and url's and signature stuff; if it fubars i'll just go back and change it.
GOT THE SIGNATURE THING BUT MISSED THE HOME PAGE URL THANG. OOPS.
MR. AMTOWER HOW DO ONE UPLOAD ONE'S WEB PAGE URL? I MUST HAVE A READING AND COMPREHENSION DISABILITY TOO. THE USER-CP STUFF IS CONFUSING. SO IS THE PREVIEW POSTS SECTION. I HAD TO LOOK UP 'PARSE'. THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A GARNISH ON A POTATO.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
Correction on afghan prez. Car-side
I got my info backwards. Afghan's president's car-side's brother was the guy who funneled the millions to a few luxery items in dubai, u.a.e.
However the prez who still owns 7% of the bank he wants us to bail out is still part of the scam. Obama (aka: The big 'o') bailed out several large corporations from his time in office to date. He'll probably bail out car-side's bank too.
Hoping for payback he might want the car-side brothers to put up their luxery items in dubai as collateral. However if he is dumb enough to do that and the car-side brothers default on the bailout i doubt there is any collection agency that can go after them. Just a hunch.
I mean what would a collection agency try to garnish? Tons of heroin? Might as well hire a mexican drug cartel collection/protection group.
Maybe the muslim ground crew was hammered (drunk) on 'koumiss' a 'fermented' drink made from mare's milk. This coming from a culture that forbids intoxicating drinks.
Uh huh....
Meanwhile speaking of dubai we have this little incident where a ups (united parcel service) boeing 747 left dubai, in the u.a.e. (united arab emirates) bound for their hub in germany last week.
It is reported that the two man crew on board tried to rtb to dubai about 50 miles out due to smoke in the cockpit.
Also the spokesperson for the very busy dubai airport said the pilots could not communicate with the ground control because the plane's radio frequency was fixed to one channel and couldn't be changed.
So dubai claims they had to use another channel via relay to try to communicate with the plane.
The u.a.e. Version of our faa has not allowed anyone to investigate the wreckage. The boeing 747 crashed in the desert near the dubai airport. Both pilots were killed.
The u.a.e. Says it doubts the crash was due to terrorists.
Of course they would say that. The boeing 747 was being flown by two americans; in an american owned corporate jet.
Since there were only two american pilots on the plane with cargo bound for the ups hub in germany it follows that the dubai ups hub was staffed with muslims.
Ups says that the 747 was fully maintained, having gone thru a complete inspection in june/2010.
Ups flies a full load of cargo to it's destination and generally does not fly out of a ups 'hub' empty. Hence it was probably full of cargo bound for their hub in germany which would be off-loaded and various pieces of cargo sent to other countries.
Since our own faa has no jurisdiction in the u.a.e. Unless invited we may never know what really happened.
Now... Besides having a bunch of muslims refuel the plane and unload and on-load more out going cargo i wonder what happened.
Somehow (call me crazy, most do). Is there any afghanistan car-side brothers dubai assets related to this? This is an example of how my brain box works.
If the jet was fully inspected in june/2010 how could something like the radio communications go unnoticed if there was a problem?
Anyone of the dubai muslim ground personnel could have monkeyed with the radio comm. Systems.
I'm sure the american pilots didn't remain in the cockpit while all the off and on loading and refueling and other details were going on. Nor do i think they stood outside for a few hours and watched everyone perform their jobs.
Taking out two american pilots and an american owned boeing 747 would be quite a chunk of change in their war on attrition against the united states of america.
I wonder if fed-ex has a dubai hub in the u.a.e.?
Now i'm no pilot but rumor has it that pop-a-smoke is full of pilots.
I've flown alot in my time; sometimes in the right seat (make that the starboard seat next to the pilot). One thing i noticed was when on the runway taxing for take off the pilot is on a radio frequency with the tower.
Then he takes off out of honolulu bound for another island; and the distances vary. However once in flight at some point usually (in my experience) a halfway point to the destination; the tower in honolulu has him switch his radio frequency to another channel or that being the control tower where he is to land.
If anything went wrong with the pilot's radio communications and he could only comm. With honolulu should something go wrong with the plane; then we'd all have a bad day.
The distance from honolulu international to say the small airport on molokai is about 35 miles. About half way there the pilot switches his radio frequency to comm. With the tower control on molokai.
Molokai's airport is in a valley with constant very dangerous crosswinds. It is imperative that the pilot know what he is in for.
Usually on the approach to molokai's airport the plane (no matter the size) has to do a complete 180 degree turn to land. One time the crosswinds were so bad when he made the turn; we ended up inverted and he flipped the plane back over just as we touched down.
He looked at me and asked, "was that as good for you as it was for me?"
so the ups cargo flight leaves dubai in the u.a.e. Which is not that big of a country bound for germany. I would suggest that he had to switch his frequency fairly soon since they were more than likely flying over saudi airspace.
I could be wrong.
But this stinks to high heaven. Meanwhile....
Former united nations deputy envoy (an american) peter galbraith (recently fired) was fired because he found out that now president car-side had stuffed the phony election in afghan-land with about a million fake votes.
Anyone connecting the dots here? (i hate that cliche) but it works. Everything seems to start with car-side then to dubai; then back to car-side in afgan-land.
Not to forget that car-side wants to be the only person to be allowed (by his mandate); to act as 'arbiter' with the taliban. If this notion of his doesn't smell worse than a plywood four holer i don't know what does.
Car-side makes a deal with the taliban to keep foreign troops busy so his brother can harvest and move the herion to say.... Dubai, sell it, keep the money in another country since his own bank is bankrupt needing a bailout until...
The afghan bank is bailed out; he can recover his 7% investment in it and then knowing he won't be the president for long; won't put his cash back in the bank but rather will more than likely put it a bank in a swiss bank in berne...
Where he can tap into the funds/resources from the international red cross headquarters there.
This way he can manipulate red cross supplies and intercept them in places like say.... Pakistan and sell them on the black market.
I think his furry little piss cutter cap is full of post-it notes (reminders).
I mean the fermented mare's milk 'koumiss', was invented long ago for middle eastern countries with no refrigeration. It doesn't require refrigeration; meaning it does not have to be stored in a refrigerator.
Since most bedouins don't have refrigerators in their tents; it follows they don't have refrigerator magnets to hold 'post-it' note reminders. Right?
About the only thing metallic they have is their ak-47's and it would look silly to have the barrel covered with 'post-it' notes; especially when the majority of them can't read anyway!
I know the above with respect to the 'war of attrition' against the usa would appear to be a stretch of the imagination; but... Then again...
We know that muslims (the majority) can't read, and swear it is against islam to drink intoxicating beverages if you can think of 'koumiss' as a beverage, and...
According to the quran it is against the law according to allah for a muslim to kill another muslim; although if they don't have anyone else to kill they will slaughter each other.
Lastly (ya'll can breath a sigh of relief); if the majority of muslims can't read then how do they vote?
If they all could read; and vote, how could one count the votes when everyone is named mohammed, or abdullah?
If your name is 'fatima' then your female and you can't vote anyhow.
Now we have a better understanding of how car-side won the election.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS
Forgot this due to age and 'c.r.a.f.t.'
This is a recent photo of 'pearl harbor', hawaii. The photo is taken from the deck of the 'bb-missouri' toward the 'bb-arizona' memorial. Behind the memorial you can see the recently built bridge over to 'ford island'.
What you can't see in this photo is the massive docks for a lot of naval vessels and cva's (aircraft carriers) and other vessels; such as the submarines.
This is why you can't deviate on landing at honolulu international airport or you will be shot down since all approaches cross right over the entrance to pearl harbor.
The muslims would love to get a shot at that.
/S/ R. 'DOC' FERRELL
(FMF-8404) VIETNAM: 1966-67
SEMPER FIDELIS