February 13, 2009
Today's Lying Liar
is political wanna be Val Kilmer, who is contemplating a run for governor of New Mexico and who dissed Vietnam Veterans while qualifying his experience in an interview with Esquire Magazine:
[Klosterman]: You mean you think you literally had the same experience as Doc Holliday?
Kilmer: Oh, sure. It's not like I believed that I shot somebody, but I absolutely know what it feels like to pull the trigger and take someone's life.
[Klosterman:] You understand how it feels to shoot someone as much as a person who has actually committed a murder?
[Kilmer] I understand it more. It's an actor's job. A guy who's lived through the horror of Vietnam has not spent his life preparing his mind for it. He's some punk. Most guys were borderline criminal or poor, and that's why they got sent to Vietnam. It was all the poor, wretched kids who got beat up by their dads, guys who didn't get on the football team, couldn't finagle a scholarship. They didn't have the emotional equipment to handle that experience. But this is what an actor trains to do. I can more effectively represent that kid in Vietnam than a guy who was there.
and then... he denied saying it...
"In response to the recently quoted interview regarding the Vietnam veterans:
I have read the interview and I certainly did not say those things.
The writer was elaborating and not able to accept the intent of empathy, and sympathy that an actor has for all human beings and the human condition.
My father served proudly in WW2 and I have never uttered a single word of disrespect to any armed servicemen anywhere ever.
I sincerely apologize for causing any discomfort to any vets and would not have pursued a line of thought that could have been turned into such an ugly version of a simple rule in acting.
You are justifiably offended, as I was when I read the supposed quotes.
I have travelled to Iraq, interviewed, and filmed on behalf of the men and women in the field and have met with some of our great retired generals. One of the greats that I had the privilege to know was Admiral Noel Gyler, a true hero, as was Colonel Gavin, whose family I was adopted by, and even asked to write his eulogy.
Sincerely,
Val Kilmer"
So. That's nice, except he did say those things. Oh yes, he most certainly did. You see, the entire interview, including his statement, has been tape recorded for prosperity...
The quotes attributed to Mr. Kilmer in Mr. Klosterman’s story are absolutely accurate. The interview was recorded and every quote used in the story was checked by our research department to insure that it was printed precisely as spoken.
It should be noted Mr. Kilmer did not dispute the validity of the quotations when the article was first published four years ago, nor did he dispute them when the article was reprinted in Mr. Klosterman’s fourth book, nor did he dispute them when the story appeared in Ira Glass’s anthology The New Kings of Nonfiction.
Sincerely,
David Granger
Editor in Chief
Esquire
Oh well. All that's left is the Shaggy Defense.
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt naked,
banging on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had
Given her an extra key
All this time she was standing there
She never took her eyes off me
~ ~ ~
To be a true player you have to know how to play
If she say a night, convince her say a day
Never admit to a word when she say makes a claim
And you tell her baby no way
But she caught me on the counter
(It wasn't me)
Saw me bangin' on the sofa
(It wasn't me)
I even had her in the shower
(It wasn't me)
She even caught me on camera
(It wasn't me)
She saw the marks on my shoulder
(It wasn't me)
Heard the words that I told her
(It wasn't me)
Heard the scream get louder
(It wasn't me)
She stayed until it was over
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt naked,
banging on the bathroom floor
I had tried to keep her
From what she was about to see
Why should she believe me
When I told her it wasn't me
I don't think it worked for Shaggy either.
Fuck you Val Kilmer.
Posted by LindaSoG at 01:15 PM | Comments (3)
July 11, 2006
Look... Up in the sky...
er... in this case, you'll need a telescope to do so...
"It's called Small Unit Space Transport and Insertion, or SUSTAIN, and it's a reusable spaceplane meant to get a squad of Marines to any hotspot on Earth in two hours -- then get them out. The idea is to reinforce embattled embassies, take out terrorist leaders or defuse hostage situations before it's too late."
Yup, that says spaceship! This is the future of the United States Military and another reason why we will win!
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:00 AM | Comments (1)
June 07, 2006
Not your average strap-on
UK Special forces to use strap-on 'stealth wings'
Elite special forces troops being dropped behind enemy lines on covert missions are to ditch their traditional parachutes in favour of strap-on stealth wings.
The lightweight carbon fibre mono-wings will allow them to jump from high altitudes and then glide 120 miles or more before landing - making them almost impossible to spot, as their aircraft can avoid flying anywhere near the target.
How cool is that?
Resembling a 6ft-wide pair of aircraft wings, the devices should allow a parachutist to glide up to 120miles, carrying 200lb of equipment, the manufacturers claim.
Fitted with oxygen supply, stabilisation and navigation aides, troops wearing the wings will jump from a high-altitude transport aircraft which can stay far away from enemy territory - or on secret peacetime missions could avoid detection or suspicion by staying close to commercial airliner flight paths.
The manufacturers claim the ESG wing is '100 per cent silent' and 'extremely difficult' to track using radar.
Once close to their target landing zone, the troops pull their parachute rip cord to open their canopy and then land normally.
Weapons, ammunition, food and water can all be stowed inside the wing, although concealing the 6ft wings after landing could prove harder than burying a traditional parachute.
They're made in Germany by ESG. They look like a good idea, even if that guy looks like a cross between the Darth Vader and the X-Men.
Posted by LindaSoG at 06:58 AM | Comments (2)
May 24, 2005
Liberal Protester Porn
I would like to beat this moonbat to a pulp.
Steve Bonkamp, of Seattle, carries a figure representing a U.S.
soldier bleeding on top of a barrel of oil Monday, May 23, 2005,
during a protest in front of a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting office in
Seattle's University District.
Posted by LindaSoG at 12:01 PM | Comments (4)
May 20, 2005
IslamoFlusher
Posted by LindaSoG at 06:19 PM
May 17, 2005
What Military Aircraft are You?
Hey now...
| What military aircraft are you?
F-15 Eagle You are an F-15. Your record in combat is spotless; you've never been defeated. You possess good looks, but are not flashy about it. You prefer to let your reputation do the talking. You are fast, agile, and loud, but reaching the end of your stardom.
|
That was fun!
Posted by LindaSoG at 09:55 PM | Comments (2)
January 12, 2005
Ouch.
That last one is a doozy!
Posted by LindaSoG at 06:58 AM
December 23, 2004
From the 1st Infantry Division
A Holiday Message from the Big Red One:
The future of Iraq is bright. . . We fight this war because we are American. We cherish that, which terrorists hate.
Scroll down and click "1ID Holiday Video"
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:08 AM
December 16, 2004
Rough Men
Something new from Russ Vaughn:
"Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. -George Orwell
With a nod to the Mudville Gazette for the quote
Rough Men
There’s a character trait that’s decided by fate
Comes “sadly” to many, far too faint, far too late.
They won’t face the aggressor, stand up to his ire
They have not the will to fight his fire with fire.
So they bend over backwards to see all sides as fair,
Till they’re faced with dragon breath fire in their hair.
Like our brethren in France, who’d know better than we,
Yet seem never to learn, seem doomed never to see.
Yes, it seems there are some who’re determined by fate,
To possess not the courage to step up to the plate,
Who shrink from all threat because nothing’s worth war.
But how can they know lest they’ve been there before?
Thank God some have courage, the will, yes, the grace,
To stand for the shirkers, stand strong in their place.
Thank God we have stalwarts who’ll stand for us all,
Who will rise to the challenge at their nation’s call.The faint-hearted, who fear, whose reaction is flight,
Have no comprehension of those who will fight.
To hide their own trepidation they attempt to demean
The rough men, who defend them, as barbaric, obscene.
Yet these rough men stand ready, hard weapons to hand,
To put placaters behind them, draw a line in the sand,
To preserve for the peaceniks what they won’t defend,
So their own unearned freedom won’t perish, won’t end.To appeasers, rough men are coarse government tools.
To rough men, appeasers are dumb delusional fools.
Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66
Thank you Sir!
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:03 PM
October 12, 2004
Always a Marine
Sergeant Fletcher is totally committed to protecting life in times of war, in times of peace and in times of vacation.
Posted by LindaSoG at 01:21 PM
September 08, 2004
Quit the Bitchin' and
Let The Games Begin:
The U.S. military’s plans to use North Dakota for war games and that's okay. The state could become the largest special-operations training center in the world. The idea is that North Dakota can serve as a place for mock war exercises in preparation for war. However, the Military also plans to call the area “Dakistan” during the games and that's not okay.
The term, an apparent reference to the stans of central Asia, is described as insensitive and offensive not just to “new citizens” but also to the Native Americans from whose language the word Dakota derives from.
Editorialists say perversion of the Sioux word "Dacotah" by the military is insulting to American Indians and to newcomers displaced from war-torn lands.
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:48 AM | Comments (0)