When my father, and later I, was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, C-130s sang me to sleep at night from the runway across from our house (and, later, my dorm). A new report says it’s “The Best Military Aircraft Ever.” (Warning: PDF) Which is probably true: It’s a highly versatile aircraft — performing duties [...]

Obama Girl Loves The Troops [Hotel Tango: IAVA]

Dramatic Chipmunk [Hotel Tango: My State Failure Blog]

I like McBlogger, but, unfortunately, it’s made itself into one of the many jackasses that have felt it necessary to comment on something it has no knowledge about. Opinions are one thing. Actually paying close attention and then voicing an opinion is another. Stick to state politics, Mickey B.

Kanye West Video Spoof Better than the original. [Hotel Tango: Sarah Rigdon]

But I didn’t get this till today: Whereas President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 on July 26, 1947, to realign and reorganize the Armed Forces and to create a separate Department of the Air… (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House) HCON 207 EH 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. [...]

I completely agree with Abu Muqawama: Abu Muqawama has always been a big fan of the late French intellectual Raymond Aron. Aron, writing in his newspaper column for Le Figaro, believed it was the responsibility of the public intellectual to make a careful study of the issues at hand — economics, military strategy, etc. — [...]

And an idiot. Some would even call me psycho or nuts. And an asshole. And I hate myself for it.