CIVILIAN FRIENDS VS. VETERAN FRIENDS COMPARISONS

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week.



VETERAN FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having the last time you met.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.


VETERAN FRIENDS: Have cried with you.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours.


VETERAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.


VETERAN FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.


VETERAN FRIENDS: Will kick the crowd's ass that left you behind.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are for a while.


VETERAN FRIENDS: Are for life.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have shared a few experiences.


VETERAN FRIENDS: Have shared a lifetime of experiences no civilian could ever dream of.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will take your drink away when they think you've had enough.


VETERAN FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say, 'You better drink the rest of that before you spill it!' then carry you home safely and put you to bed.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will talk crap to the person who talks crap about you.


VETERAN FRIENDS: Will knock the hell out OF THEM... for using your name in vain.

Question of the Day:

What is the difference between Meg Whitman's former housekeeper and Barack Obama?



The media is actually looking into Meg Whitman's former housekeeper's citizenship documents.

You Might Be a Mall Ninja If....

If your wardrobe consists entirely of 5.11 then you might be a mall ninja.


If you ever stood downrange while people were firing, you might be a mall ninja.

If you own a drop leg holster, you might be a mall ninja.

If you ever described yourself as HSLD, then might be a mall ninja.

If you shoot any kind of airsoft anywhere but the privacy of your back yard, you might be a mall ninja.

If you’re more interested in how tacticool a gun looks than how it shoots, you might be a mall ninja.

If you have ever attended a tactical carbine class, you might be a mall ninja.

If your “gear” is a fashion statement, you might be a mall ninja.

If you want to be a cop so bad that you impersonate one, you might be a mall ninja.

If you’ve memorized all the acronyms on the survivalblog, you might be a mall ninja.

If you spend time on the Internet arguing about the best tactical flashlight, you might be a mall ninja.

If you own anything made by H&K, you’re a mall ninja, no maybe about it.

If you own a concealed carry badge, then you might be a mall ninja.

If all the blades on your knives are matte black, you might be a mall ninja

If you list the guns you own next to your signature, you might be a mall ninja.

If your M4gery has more rails than a train track, you might be a mall ninja.

Mosque or not

I am appalled at all my friends who are so opposed to the mosque near ground zero.

To show our tolerance, we should let them build it.
Then right across the street, someone should put a topless bar, called “You Mecca Me Hot”.
Next to that should be a gay bar, “The Turban Cowboy”.
And next door to the mosque should be a pork rib restaurant, maybe “Iraq o’ Ribs”.


Then the Muslims could be allowed to show their tolerance.


Problem solved

Something New I Have Discovered...

Let’s get one thing clear.

There is a fine line between grilling and BBQ’ing.

As a Southerner, (yes, I was born and raised in Florida) I fall into a pretty passionate culture regarding these two distinctions. For those raised in the South, grilling out typically refers to cooking items over direct heat on a grill, ex. grilled steaks, chicken, hamburgers, etc.

BBQ is a whole different ballgame. It’s a lifestyle of love, patience, smoke, and mystery. Ask ten men on how to smoke a pork shoulder and you are likely to get ten independent, and fiercely debated, methods.

Instead, I’d like to let you in on a little known fact that I just discovered regarding grilling.

Most of you are probably not grilling enough.

There, I said it.

Your grill is truly the beast of all your culinary appliances. With the proper technique and know-how, you can utilize your grill as a stove, broiler, oven, and smoker; all-in-one. By harnessing all of the grill’s power, you are able to expand well beyond foods typically considered traditional for the grill.

In other words, it’s time to get creative and think outside the burger box.

What does that mean?

Try marinating chicken with...say Coffee, Beer and Cocoa.

Wrap beef cubes with Bacon and skewer them ala Kabobs.

Whip up a batch of Smoked French Onion Soup in a cast iron kettle on the grill.

USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND STOP SERVING HOCKEY PUCKS FOR DINNER!

My Idea to Fix This Great Nation.......

Dear Mr. President:

Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy.


Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.

You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:


There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force.
Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.

2) They MUST buy a new American CAR. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.

4) They MUST buy their own health insurance. - Health Plan for seniors just fixed!!!

It can't get any easier than that! If more money is needed, have all members of Congress and their constituents pay their taxes.

God Bless America.