Leonard Leo speaks.

Red State had the opportunity to interview Leonard Leo, Vice President of the Federalist Society, a conservative-libertarian law society. He expressed his thoughts on Judge Roberts, being a 'Bogeyman for the left' and his book, Presidential Leadership. Some interesting thoughts.

Read on.

Hugo, Hugo, Hugo...

Come on, R&R stands for Rest and Recuperation...not Ransack and Ravage. We have soldiers there on leave...vacation. I can't believe you went on national television to make yourself look stupid. Something I'd have expected from Louis...

Said in reference to the "Balboa" plan, supposedly the name of the operation to take over Venezuela, President Moron said this:

"We are coming up with the counter-Balboa plan. That is to say if the government of the United States attempts to commit the foolhardy enterprise of attacking us, it would be embarked on a 100-year war. We are prepared."

My dear Hugo, good luck in the relection.

"Very reliable source."

“I heard from a very reliable source, who saw a 25-foot deep crater under the levee breach” - Louis Farrakhan

Please.

This article over at Front Page Magazine covers a piece on Louis flapping his lips again. This time, he claims that President Bush ordered the levees demolished in order to wipe out the black neighborhoods of New Orleans so that he could save the white parts. Well, there is a side I hadn't heard yet...

C'mon, it's 670-Iraq.

Here is a great article that ran in the Middle East edition of the Stars and Stripes newspaper not too long ago. It says it all.

For those who would have me remove my sunglasses from my head; for those who fought soldiers to have backpacks (even Camelbacks) removed from the dining facility; for those who fought the wear of the booney cap; for those whose main concern was the wear of the physical training uniform in the gym; for those who would have National Guard units remove their state flags from the Pods; and for those who are concerned about what we wear on our way to the latrine, you are the problem.

Not one of the above rules will help me accomplish my mission flying troops over Iraq any more effectively. Not one will lift anyone's morale, nor make them a soldier who is better at what they do, nor make any one of us safer.

THose pet peeves are the work of idle hands. We will remember those pet peeves when the deployment is over and stop loss lifts. I may remember those rules with my feet and maybe I will take the rest of the pilots with me.

That's not a problem, right? The Army doesn't need us.

- CW3 Rob Erlick, Logistics Support Area Anaconda, Iraq

This is a huge reason I am leaving the service. Idiots with nothing better to do than to make like harder (like it's not hard enough in this environment). Good luck to all recruiters and reenlistment NCO's.

Tired of hearing it...

Ok, here is the deal. I am an Active Duty soldier in the United States military and currently deployed to the sandbox, attached to a National Guard unit. For the most part, I do not mind working with them. There are a lot of professional soldiers in the Guard. However, here is my bitch:

Whenever it suits them, they are "Active Duty". For instance, joking around, I'd say, "Whatever, you are National Guard. A weekend warrior." The retort you ask? I'm not National Guard...I'm Active Duty. Ok, yes and no. They are National Guardsmen and women activated to Active Duty for about 18 months, whereafter they head back to civilian life. Then, they proceed to show me their identification cards, indicating Active status. No problem with that. However, now, that we are in the process of returning home, select individuals are required to stay behind to clean up. Oh, wait...all of a sudden they aren't Active Duty anymore! Their response? I am National Guard. "Active Duty should stay behind because it's their jobs and they are used to being away from their families."

These last few weeks has really flipped my opinion of the National Guard for the worse. If that is their stance...then they need to head home and take care of the flood...that's their job. Not the 82nd Airborne Division's or 1st Cav's job...