tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post4872653735142539611..comments2024-03-29T05:41:35.119-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Voting with their index finger?FDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-54978564201725415392009-06-10T20:14:20.978-07:002009-06-10T20:14:20.978-07:00It's your blog, buddy. Do it the way you want...It's your blog, buddy. Do it the way you want. I enjoy it all.<br /><br />I do miss Intel Dump, but those of you who are more talented and/or motivated than me are helping me make the transition. I understand what Carter did. The guy I can't figure out is Henderson. Starts a web site and then never posts anything. Go figure.<br /><br />Diogenes. Forgotten about him. And, no, Eddie, he was not a "running partner" of mine. I don't think he was CI or Humint. <br /><br />Cheers to all.Publiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-81322726242709250472009-06-10T12:35:23.613-07:002009-06-10T12:35:23.613-07:00Like many of the others, I read very often and com...Like many of the others, I read very often and comment much of the time, but it doesn't mean the spots where I'm silent are uninteresting to me. Google Reader is part of the answer - I too read a lot directly from there, but I enjoy and appreciate it all.Red Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468789655058139527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-20030260289990553012009-06-10T10:57:06.753-07:002009-06-10T10:57:06.753-07:00FDChief,
I'm sure hoping that you are not imp...FDChief,<br /><br />I'm sure hoping that you are not implying that we at RAW are opinionated.<br />I enjoy our small unit.<br /><br />jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-54920352396554138652009-06-10T10:42:04.925-07:002009-06-10T10:42:04.925-07:00Lisa, fasteddiez: Oh, Christ, I forgot that idiot ...Lisa, fasteddiez: Oh, Christ, I forgot that idiot "Frank Drackman". What a maroon. What an im-bessal. I never did figure out if he was seriously that stupid or he was just pulling our legs.<br /><br />Fasteddiez: Not sure who the guy's real name is. He went by "Diogenes" at the old Dump, was a real Kool-ade drinker, nuke-'em-all-let-God-sort-'em-out type garritrooper-I-think. When he would go off into his neocon flights of fancy Al, Publius or I would refer to him as "Dionysus" since those comments made it seem like he was well flown with wine and the God of the Grape was a more appropriate handle than the Seeker After Truth.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-1661733354006506932009-06-10T09:20:57.396-07:002009-06-10T09:20:57.396-07:00Are Y'all talking about Dio????
Not Ronnie Jam...Are Y'all talking about Dio????<br />Not Ronnie James of course, but I think his handle was Diogenes. He was CI man, which would make him a runnin' partner with Publius, No?<br /><br />I mean, they both have names from antiquity. Maybe they grok Vicky Davis Hanson in his inimitable Mexican peon drag.Fasteddiezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431990022248470187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-20077999328089949472009-06-10T06:11:35.924-07:002009-06-10T06:11:35.924-07:00Down memory lane with MSR and Dionysus...how could...Down memory lane with MSR and Dionysus...how could we forget "Frank Drackman"?!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-66585986424607222962009-06-09T16:19:58.295-07:002009-06-09T16:19:58.295-07:00Pluto, sheerah: I will. I'm glad you enjoy my...Pluto, sheerah: I will. I'm glad you enjoy my kid stuff, too.<br /><br />Linda: I accept your stricture; I've been bad about checking Selvage, and I promise to do better - one thing I've missed during the run-up to publication (for those who don't know her, Linda is a soon-to-be published poet whose blog, (http://www.lindadove.blogspot.com/) is an insightful and entertaining look into the use of words, the process of creating and whatever else crosses her mind...) has been visiting with you on the web.<br /><br />Rick: Glad you cleared that up - I always took your screen name to reflect your status as PAARNG! Glad you like the kidlet stuff, too.<br /><br />basil: Seems like ID folded so long ago...I am glad that us old Dumpers still gather around the bar, tho the disputation lacks a certain heat without old foes like Dionysus and MSR. I appreciate the shout-out.<br /><br />I always thought that the amount of energy expended over DADT was ridiculous. I came off active duty and went right into an Army Reserve hospital (99th CSH) and thought I was in some sort of goddam Fellini film; the sheer volume of consensual sex made me fear that we would have problems with noise and light discipline in the field from the sparks flying and the sound of boots knockin'. I have never had a problem in 22 years of service with a homosexual or homosexual acts - despite the widespread knowledge that quite a few women in the army are openly lesbian (the 210th Aviation Battalion female billets in Panama was snidely referred to as Big Mama's Clam Shack for some unknown reason...) the women are just too damn useful at their CS/CSS jobs to Chapter out - but lots of headaches with sex, all of it het, most of it consensual.<br /><br />We have perfectly good UCMJ to deal with sexual offenses. Commanders and NCOs just need to use it to make the boys let the boys alone and the girls let the girls alone like they (should but often don't) use it to let the boys and girls let each other alone...<br /><br />pasedena: welcome!FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-59028780198971931422009-06-09T15:52:33.390-07:002009-06-09T15:52:33.390-07:00Chief,
Please know I am a faithful reader, if I d...Chief,<br /><br />Please know I am a faithful reader, if I do not always comment. I enjoy your highly allusive and eclectic style. Sometimes your "eclecticity" takes me in new directions, which I appreciate.<br /><br />We see the same ebb and flow with comments over here. I just presume people don't have the time, but am glad if they are reading and thinking.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-37395629341178426732009-06-09T13:16:15.489-07:002009-06-09T13:16:15.489-07:00My first time visit. I followed over from Linda...My first time visit. I followed over from Linda's site because I found what you had to say about your middle eastern travels touching. My travel experience occurred in 84 also and I agree context is everything. Actually I knew then that I'd never experience Europe the same way again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-77064144333680752042009-06-09T11:52:58.356-07:002009-06-09T11:52:58.356-07:00As I've written before, I like your writing. ...As I've written before, I like your writing. Whatever you write about. And I've often thought, and will officially mention here, since he comes around here from time to time, that you and aviator ought to collaborate. As you like to write about Portlandian domestic life, maybe he'd like to write more about the idyllic island life in Greece. And since Lisa has come to my attention, I've read Ranger's site. I don't comment there, ( I s'pose to be neighborly, maybe I should ) because if I do, I fear I'll never get off the computer.<br /><br />Most of my time is devoted to the big lefty news sites and a message board, on which I have linked to your site occasionally, when your language is decent.<br /><br />All too often we think our home life is just the same old same old, but each of us is exotic to someone else in another boring locale.<br /><br />With exceptions, of course. I caught Colbert's show from Iraq last night. What a hoot!<br /><br />Here in Kansas ( no kids from Mrs. bb and me, BTW ) we get to see the wheat grow and experience the occasional big news homicide. BTK a while ago and Tiller.<br /><br />Plus all the folk from I-D. How long has that been now in all?<br /><br />How about that DADT? Surprising our politicians think the military can handle pain, danger, dismemberment, even death, but petrifies at the sight of 2 guys or 2 gals in a clinch.<br /><br />Oh the Horror!<br /><br />...basilbeastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-68922143784384040592009-06-09T09:55:35.170-07:002009-06-09T09:55:35.170-07:00As an old Intel-Dump "lurker" I come her...As an old Intel-Dump "lurker" I come here for your military and politcal posts, but also enjoy the domestic ones. Your innate ability with the written word pretty much makes anything you have to say an interesting read.<br /><br />I spent most of my Intel Dump time as PA NCO, which I probably should have written as P.A. NCO as I spent many years as a Public Affairs guy and was not from Pennsylvania.Rick98Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-33497409501051680622009-06-09T09:05:38.018-07:002009-06-09T09:05:38.018-07:00Au contraire. I read you every day, via Bloglines...Au contraire. I read you every day, via Bloglines. I just don't have the time to comment, especially when no one comments on my blog anymore. What comes around, goes around.<br /><br />I prefer Facebook for its immediacy, as you know. And, as my blog is no longer anonymous, I am limited as to what I can write about there.Linda Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776352090489595324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-70005638972573222792009-06-09T08:24:31.965-07:002009-06-09T08:24:31.965-07:00omg, I have guilt.
/hangs-head-in-shame
Sorry, Ch...omg, I have guilt.<br />/hangs-head-in-shame<br /><br />Sorry, Chief, I do read the domestic stuff...and seeing the little ones bopping around pop is a joy to see...I just don't know what to say other than if you could bottle and mass-produce that cuteness and sell it as a cure for the ailments that bedevil our society I'd buy stock in your company.<br /><br />I'm a dad too, two sons, one of whom just...he's 20, turning 21 this year...hell in September, and we're having those...uh...father-son "issues."<br />The youngest, 16, he's out and about...more than his brother...hmm, anyway, the youngest one is in marching band, scouts, music as a general rule, oh yes, and he likes painting minatures, and playing Warhammer 40k.<br />Though, as my wife says about the youngest, "he's a facebook wh*re."<br /><br />I'm not really sure I'm comfortable with that description, but then again, she seems to know alot more about facebook than me...or my youngest.<br /><br />hmmmsheerahkahnhttp://www.freewebs.com/sheerahkahn/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-27108794415699990532009-06-09T05:43:30.243-07:002009-06-09T05:43:30.243-07:00Keep on posting the domestic stuff, Chief. Just b...Keep on posting the domestic stuff, Chief. Just because we don't have anything to say doesn't mean that we aren't reading and enjoying it.Plutonoreply@blogger.com