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The Bombs Bursting In Air, ... Not So Much, Please!
Riehl World View —
... Ah, how wonderful. Some loyal capitalists but summer patriots who have made a fair buck in this great land are taking exception to a tradition linked to the very thing that has preserved our system and kept them safe and free to do it. But they enjoy a little wine with their whine, so it's all good. Let's hope little lord Obama doesn't schedule a parade for himself in the area anytime soon. I can only imagine what a fit they'd throw then. ...
Bruising the Chardonnay
Neptunus Lex —
In Boston.
Miffed residents of a posh condo complex have invited the commanding officer of the USS Constitution over for a glass of wine so he can hear for himself that the frigate’s twice-daily cannon blasts – a tradition dating to 1798 – are “more disruptive to the neighborhood than you might have imagined.”
Much better all the way around if people had done their due diligence rather than “coming to the nuisance“.
Move In Next to the Cannons, Live with the BOOM -- Also, Project Valour-IT
Solomonia —
... Too funny. Some of the residents of the up-scale condos on Boston's waterfront are complaining about the USS Constitution's twice daily cannon blasts and national anthem playing...a tradition dating back to 1798. Crittenden: I say, Muffy, that deuced gunnery is flattening the bubbly! ...
Project Valour-IT Update And Links
Nice Deb —
... was struck by an improvised explosive device. Since then, Sgt. Eubanks has undergone numerous medical procedures, but perhaps none has been as therapeutic as his recent return to Iraq as a visitor. During his recovery, Sgt. Eubanks wrote about what such a journey would be like for him and other wounded warriors.
In October, when Sgt. Eubanks and six other wounded soldiers returned to Iraq as part of Operation Proper Exit, those written wishes became reality.
Jules Crittenden has a piece on those annoying “sounds of freedom”: ...
Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup
Pirate's Cove —
... to the lighter, and sexier, side, Don Surber tells us about a Lance Corporal who is now Miss England. What, no lingerie goodness, Don?
Say, I wonder how President and Mrs. Bush handled the Ft. Hood massacre? The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler brings us the 411
Over at Blogm0cracy, we learn that 2009 looks a lot like 1993
Gateway Pundit has the latest from Sarah Palin regarding the Dems health system monstrosity
Jules Crittenden finds some whiners in Charleston, SC, who are upset with a long, loud ...
