Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Faster Than an SR-71

Flying skivvies:



Most of the SR-71 fleet was retired in 1989, though a few flew in the 1990s. The Air Force brass hated the SR-71 (probably more than they hate the A-10), so it was retired as soon as they could finish gutting the program.

I understand why some folks were in favor of a separate air force in the 1940s, but the splitting of the Air Force from the Army following World War II has, to my mind, proven to be one of the most costly bureaucratic blunders that this nation has ever made. Other than the strategic deterrence mission, the job of the Air Force is to support the riflemen on the ground. But everyone recognizes that the Air Force has never been in love with the air-to-mud mission role (which is why the Air Force keeps trying to kill off the A-10s), greatly preferring the air-to-air "white scarf around the neck, tally-ho on the blighters" combat mission, to the detriment of everything else, including ground attack, reconnaissance and trash-hauling.

Probably serves them right that drones are going to put most of the zoomies out of a job in another decade or two.

(H/T)

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