Do you remember Saddam's Super Gun? Google it if you don't. Do you remember Otto Scorzeny? You can Google him, too. He was Hitler's guy that he sent to the Middle East to convert them to the Nazi way of doin' bidness. Kaddafi ring a bell? He and Saddam were both members of Scorzeny's class.
Remember the Kurds getting gassed by Saddam? He murdered thousands with his gas warfare. If that's not a weapon of mass destruction I don't know what is. I think that the press or the dumb ass Congress viewed WMD as the big bomb and the big bomb only.
I saw a copy of a shipping document where so called "oilfield equipment" was sent to Iraq from someplace in London or Paris. Can't remember where it came from, I just remember it wasn't oilfield stuff.
During the most recent demolition derby, I mean Republican debate, I heard all the gibber jabber about the Iraq invasion and that it was a big mistake. Leaving those idiots in a position of power would have almost guaranteed Armageddon would come. The Israelis would have certainly suffered. Saddam was already shooting Skud missles into Israel and we had to send our Patriot missle system to stop it. The Isreali government said "if he shoots one with a gas warhead, Bagdad will no longer exist".
While you are thinking about this, don't forget the Skud he shot into the barracks of our servicemen and killed so many.
Now, getting rid of those idiots was a good thing. If you look at South Korea and their incredible success in every arena, one can easily see what happens when you leave a peace keeping force in place.
To me, the current administration's promise to remove our peace keeping force was the same dumb ass maneuver that the 93rd Congress made when they passed Zablocki's bill "The War Powers Resolution". That gave the green light to the North Vietnamese to take the South. You can look it up but I assure you, that happened.
I wish they would stop blaming W for the trouble in the Middle East. If W ever bent over, I'm sure it would have been a move to make it easier for them to kiss his ass.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
Joe Hight
Joe was my room mate in Tay Ninh. When we initially arrived there to take part in the invasion of Cambodia, we lived in a tent with 12 other pilots. It was hot and horrible. I have refused to sleep in a tent since that time. That was 1970 and Joe was on his third tour of Vietnam. He was the Aircraft Maintenance Office in Command and could fly Hueys, Cobras and the Hughes 500C that we used as scouts on hunter killer teams. By that time, Joe had pretty much seen and done every thing a helicopter pilot could do. As a maintenance officer, he had a ton of connections in Saigon and before I knew it, we were out of the tent and moving into a 40 foot long cargo trailer that Joe had managed to get from his buddies in Saigon.
Joe had it spotted on the airfield where all the helicopters were parked. It was a perfect target for the NVA and the Viet Cong but we had revetments all around and only a direct hit on our trailer would have taken us out. He found a refrigerator so we had cold cokes. He also managed to get some fans from the PX so we had moving air that helped with the 100 degree heat. He managed to get his hands on a shipping crate for rotor blades and before long, we had our own outhouse. Joe made sure we lived better than anyone else on the base. It was as good as it could get in a combat zone.
As a maintenance officer he had a lot of test flights that were required before the helicopters could be released for combat. I became his test pilot and flew a lot of different helicopters to make sure they were okay. During that time, I had opportunities to talk to Joe about his previous tours. The following is my favorite story of the war.
During Joe's second tour, he had to fly Cobra gun ships to Saigon to have the avionics worked on. On the north side of Saigon where the river makes several turns, there was an area that looked like a key hole. It became known to all pilots and air traffic controllers as "The Keyhole". It was very close to MACV headquarters which was somewhat similar to the Pentagon of South Vietnam. All the fat cats were stationed there.
The South Vietnamese Army had an officers club there and by the time Joe landed and delivered his cobra to the avionics shop, he discovered that he would have to spend the night in Saigon. Since it was always hot, Joe went to the ARVN officers club to get a cold drink. Unfortunately, they refused to let him in. We were dying by the hundreds during 1968 and Joe was furious that they wouldn't let him in.
During Tet of 68 Joe was called to Saigon to help repel the NVA and VC that had already entered the city. As he flew over the Keyhole enroute to the area that was requesting gunships, he looked down and saw the ARVN officers club. He rolled the Cobra over, attacked the officers club and put a pair of 2..75 high explosive rockets through the front door. With that story and some I had learned earlier when I was flying Nighthawk Gunships with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, I learned the Jumpin' Joe Hight rules of engagement. They served me well.
I could write a book about Joe but time doesn't permit that today. I have to go to the hospital to visit a friend who is here from Leesville. I hope this story will allow you to appreciate the kind of character Joe was. He was a fine man, husband, father and friend. I will miss him and so will so many men from the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. So long old friend.
Joe had it spotted on the airfield where all the helicopters were parked. It was a perfect target for the NVA and the Viet Cong but we had revetments all around and only a direct hit on our trailer would have taken us out. He found a refrigerator so we had cold cokes. He also managed to get some fans from the PX so we had moving air that helped with the 100 degree heat. He managed to get his hands on a shipping crate for rotor blades and before long, we had our own outhouse. Joe made sure we lived better than anyone else on the base. It was as good as it could get in a combat zone.
As a maintenance officer he had a lot of test flights that were required before the helicopters could be released for combat. I became his test pilot and flew a lot of different helicopters to make sure they were okay. During that time, I had opportunities to talk to Joe about his previous tours. The following is my favorite story of the war.
During Joe's second tour, he had to fly Cobra gun ships to Saigon to have the avionics worked on. On the north side of Saigon where the river makes several turns, there was an area that looked like a key hole. It became known to all pilots and air traffic controllers as "The Keyhole". It was very close to MACV headquarters which was somewhat similar to the Pentagon of South Vietnam. All the fat cats were stationed there.
The South Vietnamese Army had an officers club there and by the time Joe landed and delivered his cobra to the avionics shop, he discovered that he would have to spend the night in Saigon. Since it was always hot, Joe went to the ARVN officers club to get a cold drink. Unfortunately, they refused to let him in. We were dying by the hundreds during 1968 and Joe was furious that they wouldn't let him in.
During Tet of 68 Joe was called to Saigon to help repel the NVA and VC that had already entered the city. As he flew over the Keyhole enroute to the area that was requesting gunships, he looked down and saw the ARVN officers club. He rolled the Cobra over, attacked the officers club and put a pair of 2..75 high explosive rockets through the front door. With that story and some I had learned earlier when I was flying Nighthawk Gunships with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, I learned the Jumpin' Joe Hight rules of engagement. They served me well.
I could write a book about Joe but time doesn't permit that today. I have to go to the hospital to visit a friend who is here from Leesville. I hope this story will allow you to appreciate the kind of character Joe was. He was a fine man, husband, father and friend. I will miss him and so will so many men from the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. So long old friend.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
White Privilegeand other Stuff.
Somebody give me a hand. I didn 't notice any of that White Privilege when that draft notice came nor did I see any when the taxes were taken out of my pay checks. I also didn't see any when the grocery bill was due. It took cash back then.
Now, we have one of the most privileged guys around saying "No muslims allowed". I've done a lot of thinking about that. Yesterday, while I watching a program about the American Revolution, the light bulb came on. They showed the British Navy closing the port of Boston in an attempt to put every merchant in Boston out of business. With all the talk of the Gruntlicks messing with the price of oil and the world economy, I wondered if any of them had studied the results of the Boston Tea Party. I concluded that they haven't.
I also concluded that they don't have a clue what the typical American Patriot is capable of doing to them should they elect to duplicate anything that the British did during the 1700s. Whether you call them Patriots, Red Necks, Bubbas or Hill Billys, makes no difference. They all have the same abilities. Add to that group the 22 million Veterans and I think you will find the answer to a non responsive policy that doesn't do anything to send the donkey lovers back to the sand. Ask the people you know that belong to that group. Collectively, we are pissed and if anything like the Paris attacks or the rape of German women happens here, their asses belong to us. It always has and history clearly shows that to be true. We've had to do it many times before and, as I see it, here we are again.
Churchill said: "Any enemy of our enemy is our friend". He was referring to Stalin. Now, we have Vladamir Putin. Personally speaking, if the League of Nations or the United Nations worked, we would have already stopped all the madness. China, Russia and the United States should have already joined forces, ejected the Gruntlicks from the U.N. and taken matters in their own hands. Come on. If the Japs can walk out of the League of Nations just before Pearl Harbor, why can't we?
If something doesn't happen pretty soon, we will be sorry that we waited so long to bulk up and get ready. We need somebody to lead that movement. They should not be of Gruntlick heritage. I would be much more comfortable hearing about President Donald or President Ted that President Monica. Ooops. I had a mind flash on that. I saw a bumper sticker on the net that said: "I will not vote for Monica's boyfriend's wife.
Now, we have one of the most privileged guys around saying "No muslims allowed". I've done a lot of thinking about that. Yesterday, while I watching a program about the American Revolution, the light bulb came on. They showed the British Navy closing the port of Boston in an attempt to put every merchant in Boston out of business. With all the talk of the Gruntlicks messing with the price of oil and the world economy, I wondered if any of them had studied the results of the Boston Tea Party. I concluded that they haven't.
I also concluded that they don't have a clue what the typical American Patriot is capable of doing to them should they elect to duplicate anything that the British did during the 1700s. Whether you call them Patriots, Red Necks, Bubbas or Hill Billys, makes no difference. They all have the same abilities. Add to that group the 22 million Veterans and I think you will find the answer to a non responsive policy that doesn't do anything to send the donkey lovers back to the sand. Ask the people you know that belong to that group. Collectively, we are pissed and if anything like the Paris attacks or the rape of German women happens here, their asses belong to us. It always has and history clearly shows that to be true. We've had to do it many times before and, as I see it, here we are again.
Churchill said: "Any enemy of our enemy is our friend". He was referring to Stalin. Now, we have Vladamir Putin. Personally speaking, if the League of Nations or the United Nations worked, we would have already stopped all the madness. China, Russia and the United States should have already joined forces, ejected the Gruntlicks from the U.N. and taken matters in their own hands. Come on. If the Japs can walk out of the League of Nations just before Pearl Harbor, why can't we?
If something doesn't happen pretty soon, we will be sorry that we waited so long to bulk up and get ready. We need somebody to lead that movement. They should not be of Gruntlick heritage. I would be much more comfortable hearing about President Donald or President Ted that President Monica. Ooops. I had a mind flash on that. I saw a bumper sticker on the net that said: "I will not vote for Monica's boyfriend's wife.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
France and Missouri
This has been a confusing time for me. I didn't have a problem understanding the Gruntlicks in Paris because that's what they do. Missouri on the other hand, really bothered me.
I looked all over for Tarzan, Jane and Boy but had no luck at all. I think I saw some of Cheetah's people there and a boat load of JuJu tribesmen but I just couldn't figure out how that situation unfolded into the mess that it did.
I'm an SEC football fan and really liked Missouri. I watched them play in the Independence Bowl many years ago and have liked them ever since. Now, with the Juju influences inciting a strike by the football players, I hope they crash on every game. Come on, even the dumb ass that was willing to kill himself over all the hub bub, didn't even know what he was striking about. Honestly, would you want your kid to attend Missouri? Would you want to hire one of their graduates? DUH.
Now, with regard to Paris, the French President said he would have a war without mercy. He closed the borders but did so to insure that no one got out of the Country. You can still get in. My idea of the right thing to do was close the borders just before you sent the Army into the No go zones to round up every Gruntlic and take them to the border to expel them from the County. It's the same thing we need to do.
That's all I have to say for now. I've been too busy with family things to cover this subject until now. Thanks for your patience. Tim
I looked all over for Tarzan, Jane and Boy but had no luck at all. I think I saw some of Cheetah's people there and a boat load of JuJu tribesmen but I just couldn't figure out how that situation unfolded into the mess that it did.
I'm an SEC football fan and really liked Missouri. I watched them play in the Independence Bowl many years ago and have liked them ever since. Now, with the Juju influences inciting a strike by the football players, I hope they crash on every game. Come on, even the dumb ass that was willing to kill himself over all the hub bub, didn't even know what he was striking about. Honestly, would you want your kid to attend Missouri? Would you want to hire one of their graduates? DUH.
Now, with regard to Paris, the French President said he would have a war without mercy. He closed the borders but did so to insure that no one got out of the Country. You can still get in. My idea of the right thing to do was close the borders just before you sent the Army into the No go zones to round up every Gruntlic and take them to the border to expel them from the County. It's the same thing we need to do.
That's all I have to say for now. I've been too busy with family things to cover this subject until now. Thanks for your patience. Tim
Monday, October 19, 2015
Starch in the underware, The Battle of the Bulge, my Dad and Leland.
During the Second World War, my Dad owned a dry cleaning plant. He won the contract to clean the clothes of the Army guys in training at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana. Later on, when the Nazi prisoners of war began to add up, they were sent to Beauregard and my parents cleaned their stuff, too. During the winter of 1944, my older brother Leland was born there.
Recently, I watched a documentary of the Battle of the Bulge. It started during the winter of 1944 and somehow, I began to wonder if my Dad and Leland's birthday had anything to do with it. I began to study.
First of all, you need to know that my Daddy was quite a character. He always kept everybody laughing and could pull off a practical joke at the highest levels. He had quite a number of brothers in law in military service during the war and he hated the Nazi dogs with a vengeance. That's when the picture unfolded of him working in the cleaning plant, cleaning the boxer shorts of the Nazi POWs. I could close my eyes and see him loading starch in the commercial washer that was filled with boxer shorts that belonged to the Nazi POWs. I could also see him laughing his ass off as he did it.
I imagined that he never knew the phrase "Psychological Warfare" but he might have read or heard things about the Russians and how they treated Nazi POWs, especially that famous General named "Ruburcrotchoff".
In view of the fact that there were so many Nazi spies in the USA during that time, I found it to be no small coincidence that they may have known about Dad's treatment of the Nazi's lower regions by using Starch. I also figured that they put that in the reports that went back to Hitler. Then, with the birth announcements in the paper, I figured they reported that, too.
Not long after that, in view of Hitler's massive losses during the war, I think he might have freaked out and ordered the Battle of the Bulge to insure he and his men wouldn't have to deal with my Dad or his first born son, Leland. You know that old saying: "Like Father like Son".
In any event, I would like to acknowledge all of the visionaries that served the Country during the Second World War, especially my Mom and Dad. Way to go Dad, shoot the starch to the under drawers of those Nazi dogs. Don't worry, Leland and I will take care of these Gruntlicks.
Recently, I watched a documentary of the Battle of the Bulge. It started during the winter of 1944 and somehow, I began to wonder if my Dad and Leland's birthday had anything to do with it. I began to study.
First of all, you need to know that my Daddy was quite a character. He always kept everybody laughing and could pull off a practical joke at the highest levels. He had quite a number of brothers in law in military service during the war and he hated the Nazi dogs with a vengeance. That's when the picture unfolded of him working in the cleaning plant, cleaning the boxer shorts of the Nazi POWs. I could close my eyes and see him loading starch in the commercial washer that was filled with boxer shorts that belonged to the Nazi POWs. I could also see him laughing his ass off as he did it.
I imagined that he never knew the phrase "Psychological Warfare" but he might have read or heard things about the Russians and how they treated Nazi POWs, especially that famous General named "Ruburcrotchoff".
In view of the fact that there were so many Nazi spies in the USA during that time, I found it to be no small coincidence that they may have known about Dad's treatment of the Nazi's lower regions by using Starch. I also figured that they put that in the reports that went back to Hitler. Then, with the birth announcements in the paper, I figured they reported that, too.
Not long after that, in view of Hitler's massive losses during the war, I think he might have freaked out and ordered the Battle of the Bulge to insure he and his men wouldn't have to deal with my Dad or his first born son, Leland. You know that old saying: "Like Father like Son".
In any event, I would like to acknowledge all of the visionaries that served the Country during the Second World War, especially my Mom and Dad. Way to go Dad, shoot the starch to the under drawers of those Nazi dogs. Don't worry, Leland and I will take care of these Gruntlicks.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Where's the Posse?
I realize that Wyatt Earp is gone but where's the posse? Google says they are a group of people that are hired to catch a criminal. In our case, I don't think anyone should ask for pay to find and deal with these terrorist cells. If you have a family, kids, grand kids, you ought to do that one for the team.
Recently, someone asked Donald Trump what he would do with those camps if he was elected President. He said they would be gone on day one. From that, I determined that I wasn't the only one that knew about them. I have an appointment to see Roger on the 14th and I will ask him about it.
They have asked me my opinion about things such as this but they stopped asking when I told them that we would eventually see the day that we would be able to hunt them without a license. When the attack came in Oklahoma where the lady was beheaded, I told them "We are one step closer to hunting them without a license. The Garland, Texas attack that left two of them dead was another. The attack on the recruiter office and the Nosc was another and the Feds went on tv to ask the general public NOT to take their vengeance out on the local Gruntlick population.
A couple of years back, they asked me if I had seen the news report about the Taliban soldiers our guys had killed and then Urinated on them. When I told them that I had seen it, they asked what I thought about it. I told them that it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever seen and then I added: " Everybody knows you're supposed to cut their ears off first". I don't know if they were laughing at me or laughing at my answer but you can ask anybody from the 11th Cav and they'll tell you that I'm correct. Combat experience, there's nothing like it.
Ok, that's it for today. I just wanted to make a point about the posse and try to stimulate a thought that we shouldn't wait any longer. If we know they exist, and they do, what the hell is the hold up? Political Correctness?
As I understand it, there are lots of empty bunks in Guantanamo.
.
Recently, someone asked Donald Trump what he would do with those camps if he was elected President. He said they would be gone on day one. From that, I determined that I wasn't the only one that knew about them. I have an appointment to see Roger on the 14th and I will ask him about it.
They have asked me my opinion about things such as this but they stopped asking when I told them that we would eventually see the day that we would be able to hunt them without a license. When the attack came in Oklahoma where the lady was beheaded, I told them "We are one step closer to hunting them without a license. The Garland, Texas attack that left two of them dead was another. The attack on the recruiter office and the Nosc was another and the Feds went on tv to ask the general public NOT to take their vengeance out on the local Gruntlick population.
A couple of years back, they asked me if I had seen the news report about the Taliban soldiers our guys had killed and then Urinated on them. When I told them that I had seen it, they asked what I thought about it. I told them that it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever seen and then I added: " Everybody knows you're supposed to cut their ears off first". I don't know if they were laughing at me or laughing at my answer but you can ask anybody from the 11th Cav and they'll tell you that I'm correct. Combat experience, there's nothing like it.
Ok, that's it for today. I just wanted to make a point about the posse and try to stimulate a thought that we shouldn't wait any longer. If we know they exist, and they do, what the hell is the hold up? Political Correctness?
As I understand it, there are lots of empty bunks in Guantanamo.
.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
More Militia
Since my last post, we've had another dose of "Kill the Christians". This is getting so old, I'm beginning to feel Jewish. I'm beginning to think that the best foreign aide bang for the buck would be to quit sending any to anybody except Israel. History makes me feel that way.
In the second world war the British did most of the fighting until Hitler declared war on us.
I noticed that the same was true in the first world war. The more I studied the more I became convinced that we have been a bit late entering most of the conflicts. I recently watched an episode of "The American Revolution" and have become more and more convinced that it always gets down to the average, red blooded American.
I really liked the part where the back-woods people came forward with their long rifles and started targeting officers of the enemy. Cornwallis raised hell about it and actually said: "Can you imagine battles without officers leading their men, it would be total Chaos". For those of you who have forgotten, Cornwallis was the British Commanding General who surrendered at the end of the war. My thoughts:, "Stongest Army in the world my ass"!!!!! We, the American people, are the strongest in the world.
If you will remember the most recent attacks, killing people because they are Christians is NOT necessarily the domain of the radicalized. That idiot from Oregon had an American name but not an American heart. To be honest, before I heard his name I was really hoping that it was something like Ali Babba. After all was said and done, he's just like one of those islamonazi idiots.
Now, after this, we hear threats of gun control. I wonder why anybody would want to do that. I remember seeing a video about a radical training camp in New York State and eventually seeing a map with roughly 50 training camps across the USA. If this is true, why wouldn't they want to confiscate their guns? Better than that, why wouldn't they surround the place and put everybody in the slammer or simply make it a target for the military to practice on? I'd like that a lot.
I saw one of them on the map that was located close to Beaumont, Texas. I was somewhat surprised that Bubba and Tex hadn't already put the boys together and done something about that one. During one of the debates someone asked about the training camps and Trump said he would do something about that on day one. Getting their guns would be a hell of a lot better than doing after ours.
Going back to the days of the Revolutionary War where the back woodsmen had to come forward, seems to be coming back around. How is this possible and why haven't we sees some headlines that say: "Terrorist training camp attacked by the National Guard and 100 Gruntlicks were killed in the fight". To me, that's a whole lot better than Wyatt Earp. In any event, once again, we seem to be late coming to the game. I wish I was a General or a fat cat of some kind that could make that happen.
If you think these thoughts are crazy, try to remember the beheading of the lady in Oklahoma. There is a debt there that has yet to be paid.
Shortly after I finished writing this, I came across a video about the possibility of an upcoming war in Europe. Doesn't that sound familiar? 1914, 1939..............DUH. It seems that there's a guy who has a concept where the No Go zones erupt into Civil War between the Sharia Law Gruntlicks and the local law enforcement people. Kill the Jews, kill the Christians is all they seem to know. Well, we know something too. You could ask Bin Laden but he was killed. Solved that problem, didn't it.
Gun control? We should have a draft kind of thing and force non gun owners to have one and prepare to fight. "Shoot a Gruntlick for Christ" might be a good slogan.
In the second world war the British did most of the fighting until Hitler declared war on us.
I noticed that the same was true in the first world war. The more I studied the more I became convinced that we have been a bit late entering most of the conflicts. I recently watched an episode of "The American Revolution" and have become more and more convinced that it always gets down to the average, red blooded American.
I really liked the part where the back-woods people came forward with their long rifles and started targeting officers of the enemy. Cornwallis raised hell about it and actually said: "Can you imagine battles without officers leading their men, it would be total Chaos". For those of you who have forgotten, Cornwallis was the British Commanding General who surrendered at the end of the war. My thoughts:, "Stongest Army in the world my ass"!!!!! We, the American people, are the strongest in the world.
If you will remember the most recent attacks, killing people because they are Christians is NOT necessarily the domain of the radicalized. That idiot from Oregon had an American name but not an American heart. To be honest, before I heard his name I was really hoping that it was something like Ali Babba. After all was said and done, he's just like one of those islamonazi idiots.
Now, after this, we hear threats of gun control. I wonder why anybody would want to do that. I remember seeing a video about a radical training camp in New York State and eventually seeing a map with roughly 50 training camps across the USA. If this is true, why wouldn't they want to confiscate their guns? Better than that, why wouldn't they surround the place and put everybody in the slammer or simply make it a target for the military to practice on? I'd like that a lot.
I saw one of them on the map that was located close to Beaumont, Texas. I was somewhat surprised that Bubba and Tex hadn't already put the boys together and done something about that one. During one of the debates someone asked about the training camps and Trump said he would do something about that on day one. Getting their guns would be a hell of a lot better than doing after ours.
Going back to the days of the Revolutionary War where the back woodsmen had to come forward, seems to be coming back around. How is this possible and why haven't we sees some headlines that say: "Terrorist training camp attacked by the National Guard and 100 Gruntlicks were killed in the fight". To me, that's a whole lot better than Wyatt Earp. In any event, once again, we seem to be late coming to the game. I wish I was a General or a fat cat of some kind that could make that happen.
If you think these thoughts are crazy, try to remember the beheading of the lady in Oklahoma. There is a debt there that has yet to be paid.
Shortly after I finished writing this, I came across a video about the possibility of an upcoming war in Europe. Doesn't that sound familiar? 1914, 1939..............DUH. It seems that there's a guy who has a concept where the No Go zones erupt into Civil War between the Sharia Law Gruntlicks and the local law enforcement people. Kill the Jews, kill the Christians is all they seem to know. Well, we know something too. You could ask Bin Laden but he was killed. Solved that problem, didn't it.
Gun control? We should have a draft kind of thing and force non gun owners to have one and prepare to fight. "Shoot a Gruntlick for Christ" might be a good slogan.
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