Tuesday, June 29, 2004
WHAT THE HELL?
Sorry for the language, but every once in a while a little story when looked at in the grand-scheme of things just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
I reference a story that most of you probably missed last week. It happened Friday (while I was out for the day - see yesterday's post). It involves the use of bullets in the war on terror. Now, considering we lost a valid NBA mascot name a number of years ago (Washington Bullets to Wizards), I kind of laughed at first, but then I got upset. This political correctness stuff is really getting out of hand:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers told Army generals on Thursday.
"By no means, under any circumstances, should a round from Israel be utilized" since the Army has stockpiled ammunition, said Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, the top Democrat on a House Armed Services subcommittee.
The story was published in a number of sources: Reuters, NY Post, and World Net Daily. Even AlJazeerah had a glowing story about the welcome news.
Am I missing something? How is it that someone shot by a Marine cares what kind of bullet it is or where it comes from? It's an inanimate object! It doesn't hava mind of it's own! I mean really, we might as well stop dipping the bullets in pig blood before we load them in the magazines...or we make sure there isn't a K printed on the shell casings for Kosher...or a stamp of the Star of David, for Christ sake! (Sorry for the religious confusion there). Did Fritz Hollings have anything to do with this? He blames Israel for everything else, why shouldn't he be concerned where bullets are made? I can hear it now, "And y'all know that we're using Jew-bullets in this Bush quagmire"
Let's hope that no one uses Israeli donated blood to treat the wounded.
Sorry for the language, but every once in a while a little story when looked at in the grand-scheme of things just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
I reference a story that most of you probably missed last week. It happened Friday (while I was out for the day - see yesterday's post). It involves the use of bullets in the war on terror. Now, considering we lost a valid NBA mascot name a number of years ago (Washington Bullets to Wizards), I kind of laughed at first, but then I got upset. This political correctness stuff is really getting out of hand:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers told Army generals on Thursday.
"By no means, under any circumstances, should a round from Israel be utilized" since the Army has stockpiled ammunition, said Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, the top Democrat on a House Armed Services subcommittee.
The story was published in a number of sources: Reuters, NY Post, and World Net Daily. Even AlJazeerah had a glowing story about the welcome news.
Am I missing something? How is it that someone shot by a Marine cares what kind of bullet it is or where it comes from? It's an inanimate object! It doesn't hava mind of it's own! I mean really, we might as well stop dipping the bullets in pig blood before we load them in the magazines...or we make sure there isn't a K printed on the shell casings for Kosher...or a stamp of the Star of David, for Christ sake! (Sorry for the religious confusion there). Did Fritz Hollings have anything to do with this? He blames Israel for everything else, why shouldn't he be concerned where bullets are made? I can hear it now, "And y'all know that we're using Jew-bullets in this Bush quagmire"
Let's hope that no one uses Israeli donated blood to treat the wounded.
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Good God man, we're outsourcing our small-arms ammunition manufacturing too! Why...we should protect our ammunition manufacturing at all costs as well, NO MATTER what the costs. I'm outraged...why, I think that I'll SUE these DOMESTIC manufacturers and FORCE THEM to keep those jobs here in America.
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