Let's see...Louisianna is ravaged by two hurricanes, and the Gov. blames the Federal govt. for not "responding quickly enough, WITH enough", even though SHE didn't fulfill her responsiblities to the safety of her people in any manner whatsoever...

What to do? Slash government expenses and have a possible layoff of 20% of state employees...oh, and remodel offices in the statehouse to the tune of $564,838...

Officials claimed that they feared that they would be successfully sued if they canceled the remodeling contract, bidded 30 days before Katrina hit....Riiiiiiiiight.

Gov. Blanco, I hope you enjoy your new Swedish granite countertops, frosted glass and plasma tv screens in your new offices as much as you can, I certainly hope that the people of Louisianna have enough common sense to ensure that you won't be able to do so after the next election.

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“Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God. Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.”
~Mark Twain

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Here's another side of operations in Iraq. That of the Sniper. Sgt. J Gilliland is fast becoming a legend in the sniper community. He has between 55 and 65 confirmed kills, but he recently polished his reputation with a one shot kill from a range of 4,100 Feet...about 900 feet longer than the "maximum" range of his sighting equipment.

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WW1 had Sgt York, WW2: Audie Murphy, Viet Nam:Carlos Hathcock.

Now Iraq has Sgt Gilliland. One man with a rifle, and the skill to use it effectively, CAN make a difference.
Operational security (and I'm SURE personal preference) aside, we need to know about heroes like Sg. Gilliland. The MSM talks "quagmire" and without anything other than causelty statistics and insurgent Islamofacist attacks being reported, it's hard to keep the morale here at home up. It's an unfortunate fact of life that we need our heroes. I'm sure that Sgt. Gililand considers himself anything BUT a hero...probably more along the lines of a hired gun, in the service of his country, yes; but nothing more than a hired killer. But he IS a hero in that his particular skill saves far more lives than he takes.

I hope he takes comfort in that fact in the years to come when the inevitable pangs of conscience crop up. The snipers job is a particularly callous one. You can respect the enemy, but you can't give him the chance to "fight fair"; you hunt him, find him, and kill him as expeditiously as possible. No romance, no honor, just murder; but murder in the cause of a higher calling, saving lives.
Lives of your fellow servicemen and civilians.

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One Monday morning a mailman is walking the
neighborhood on his usual route. As he approaches
one of the homes he noticed that both cars were
in the driveway. His wonder was cut short by Bob,
the homeowner, coming out with a load of empty
beer and liquor bottles.

"Wow Bob, looks like you guys had one hell of a
party last night." the mailman comments.

Bob in obvious pain replies, "Actually we had it
Saturday night. This is the first I have felt like
moving since 4:00 am Sunday morning. We had about
fifteen couples from around the neighborhood over
for New Years Eve and it got a bit wild. Hell, we
got so drunk around midnight that we started playing
WHO AM I?."

The mailman thinks a moment and says, "How do you
play that?" "Well all the guys go in the bedroom and
we come out one at a time with a sheet covering
us and only our "privates" showing through a hole
in the sheet.

Then the women try to guess who it is."

The mailman laughs and says, "Damn, I'm sorry I missed
that."

"Probably a good thing you did," Bob responds.

"Your name came up four or five times."

Blatently stolen from GuyK

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