Monday Musings With The Crew

• The older I get, the stronger my Libertarian leanings become.  To that end, I have grown increasingly more appreciative of John Stossel of the Fox News Channel.  The former ABC personality in a recent interview with the Heritage Foundation said he left ABC because "it sucked there".  Check out the video....

• The Secret Service had a fun week in Colombia at the Summit of the Americas. At least 11 members of Dear Leader's Secret Service detail are being investigated for utilizing the services of some local prostitutes during their stay at the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena.  The scandal broke when one of the prostitutes refused to leave an agent's room because she hadn't been paid.  Look at the bright side, at least we know the American taxpayer is not the only one getting the shaft from the Obama administration.

• Look, I am not saying that high schools are becoming bloated governmental institutions out of touch with their students, but then this story from England caught my eye.  On March 16, Megan Gillan's parents received a letter from their daughter's school.  The letter expressed concern about Megan's poor attendance, and cautioned the Gillans that Megan would not be able to attend her prom if her attendance didn't improve.  Megan Gillan died on January 19.  Read more at the Manchester Evening News.

• More interesting tidbits from across the pond.....The UK National Army Museum recently held a vote to determine Britain's greatest ever military opponent.  The five finalists included Napoleon Bonaparte, Erwin Rommel, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Michael Collins, and the winner George Washington.  Hmmm, remember George didn't even make Dear Leader's top 4 US presidents.  

• Lady Gaga got a little grief last week for allegedly promoting unhealthy eating habits and body image to her 23 million Twitter followers.  Patrick Wanis, an expert in human behavior, was quoted as saying "....her tweets reveal that she is possible insincere and will simply do anything to get attention".  Please Patrick, tell me it isn't so.  I have seen no evidence that Lady Gaga has any interest in getting attention......

Military History 101 With Professor Biden

Vice-President Biden (aka The Gift That Keeps Giving) was at a re-election campaign stop in New Jersey this week when he broke out this little gem about the raid on bin Laden's Pakistani compound.

 "You can go back 500 years.  You cannot find a more audacious plan. Never knowing for certain.  We never had more than a 48% probability that bin Laden was there."

Uhh, what?  Did our Vice-President really refer to the bin Laden raid as the most audacious military action in the last 500 years?  Before you libs scratch a Grand Canyon size furrow in your melon, let's define audacious...

from dictionary.com.....Audacious:  extremely bold or daring, recklessly brave, fearles; Synonyms (that means words with the same meaning Professor Biden): courageous ,intrepid, dauntless, venturesome

I have no problem using any and all of those words to describe the men who carried out the raid on bin Laden, but to credit Dear Leader with the "most audacious plan of the last 500 years" is really a bit much, even for the human hyperbola Joe Biden.  Yeah yeah, I know.  Just look it up yourselves.  

The Crew would like to humbly offer a couple examples of "audacious" military actions of the past that Professor Biden might want to learn about....

• June 6, 1944:  The invasion of Normandy involved landing 160,000 troops, and required the services of an additional 195,000 naval personnel and 5,000 vessels.  Oh yeah, it resulted in the freeing of a entire continent from Nazi (the real ones) tyranny.

• Dec. 25, 1776:  General George Washington and his ragtag Continental Army cross the Delaware River under cover of night to surprise the Hessian troops at Trenton, New Jersey.  I understand that General Washington went on to have a nice career in politics, but according to Dear Leader he didn't make the top 4 Presidents of all time.  Seriously.....here's the video.

SACSTW readers, here is the first quiz from Professor Biden's Military History 101 class:

Which of the great military leaders pictured below is the most bold, daring, brave, and fearless?