Posted on 01/09/2005 10:37:06 PM PST by SAMWolf
I agree Sam..
Evening Snippy!
The kinder, gentler comes after their hearts and minds are pounded to mush.
If you can't win their hearts and minds, put one of these in their bodies.
Have Gun, Will Travel ;-)
And the true origin of the term Indianapolis Colts.
LOL! Gatling and Colt, what a team!
Interesting profile on one of the biggest "glory-hunters" of the Federals. A colonel on Meade's staff during the Spotsylvania campaign wrote home and described Custer as, " . . . one of the funniest looking beings you ever saw . . . and looks like a circus rider gone mad! The gereral's coiffure, consisting in short, dry, flaxen ringlets."
He was even known to parade around wearing the uniform of any captured general. And after the signing of surrender at Appomattox, he rode off with a table over his head that was taken from Wilmer McLean's parlor.
My favorite story was during the "Grand Review" march up Pennsylvania Ave. for the victorious Federals, only Custer disturbed the occasion, managing to pass the reviewing stand TWICE, once as it seemed he was unable to control his horse and galloped past the dignitaries far ahead of his men (long yellow hair whipping in the wind), and again after he had wheeled and returned to the head of his column.
Many spoke of his undaunted courage but what is it called when courage is viewed as recklessness?
Anyway, as always . . . great work!
PS Hey Sam, I was trying to think of a historical Southern Monument that you haven't visited. How about the Jimma Caaarter Pres. Library?
[Go ahead . . . say "been there done that!"] ;^)
All accounts I read pretty much show Custer as a grand-stander.
How about the Jimma Caaarter Pres. Library?
[Go ahead . . . say "been there done that!"] ;^)
LOL! No Way! I wouldn't waste the time.
He would have fit right in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Note cockpit, then click here.
So after all this, how does one obtain aiming coordinates?
I heard they were thinking about producing a two-seater A-10. Never went through with mass production though.
All that is just to make sure you're lined up with the map. From there you use map coordinates when you actually lay in the guns.
I figured it was something along that line.
Either that or a used car or an aluminum siding salesman.
Good to see your aiming higher. ;-)
Tony Franks?
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp/Or what's a heaven for?"
BTT!!!!!
did you know that a GATLING GUN (whether NEW or original) is considered to be a SEMIautomatic RIFLE by the !@#$%^&*! BATFE????
it does NOT even have to be registered, unless it is chambered for a LARGER than .50 caliber MODERM round (like 7.62NATO, 30.06, 8x57mm Mauser, .303 British,.50 BMG,etc.!)
also,for example, it COULD lawfully be chambered for a .600 NITRO EXPRESS, as that is considered an "obsolete round", despite that the round has over 10,000 pounds of muzzle energy in some loadings!
the turkeys over at BATFE are SOOOOOOOOOOOO DIM!
free dixie,sw
The woman in the 1985 Kerry-Harkin-Ortega photo is Mrs. Harkin, an incorrect but accurate version of Mary Mapes.
Not just jack-booted thuggish morons, but evil as well.
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