CREEPING FASCISM UPDATE
Now they want to take away our ski resorts' precious right to keep and bear howitzers.
(Thanks to Anne Morton August and Kathreen Kruse)
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April 27, 2004
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Posted by: Lee | April 27, 2004 at 03:55 PM
Don't you wish you had the job of shooting those things!
Posted by: Lee | April 27, 2004 at 04:02 PM
'S'OK. The Honorable Underground will secure the difference...flamethrowers in one hand and firehoses in the other. Standing side-by-side I might add :-)
Thanks Dave...from a good old dragon on the dead end of lost causes....
C'est la me
Posted by: eadn | April 27, 2004 at 04:02 PM
Not trying to get political, but when our military needs to reclaim a couple of howitzers from a ski resort, are we maybe spread a little thin? (Or couldn't we build some more?)
Posted by: Garret | April 27, 2004 at 05:20 PM
Unlike the army, I don't loan out my howitzers to whoever may want them.
Posted by: MeL | April 27, 2004 at 06:21 PM
I generally loan them to people who are male, have curly hair, and think I'm pretty cool. :)
Posted by: MeL | April 27, 2004 at 09:43 PM
Oooh...so you do think I'm cool huh? ;)
Posted by: MeL | April 27, 2004 at 10:00 PM
Well...I know one thing that's way uncool, but because I got it in middle school I think it should not be counted as a factor that would affect my coolness now.
Posted by: MeL | April 27, 2004 at 10:19 PM
Whatta great line:
"It was designed to kill people, but it's a very valuable safety tool for us."
Posted by: MOTW | April 28, 2004 at 04:39 AM
Make sure you do NOT lose your lift ticket at these places....
(I'm back! Didja miss me? :)
Posted by: mike | April 28, 2004 at 05:59 AM
Indian Givers!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 28, 2004 at 06:32 AM
Mel...ready to adjust azimuth on those howitzers any time.
As to the reason the Army gives for getting their artillery back... my four-year-old nephew could come up with a better story. They just don't want those things outta control....you know like a
loose cannon...
sorry...couldn't help myself
Posted by: philintexas | April 28, 2004 at 11:49 AM
Snow and schrapnel, kind of like peanutbutter and jelly, but louder
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 28, 2004 at 12:19 PM
"The U.S. military is demanding the return of five howitzers that two Sierra Nevada ski resorts use to prevent avalanches . . . received the artillery pieces on loan from the Army and began using them last year to fire rounds into mountainsides and knock snow loose".
I thought the loose snow was what caused avalanches in the first place.
Posted by: Lmd33 | April 28, 2004 at 12:24 PM