The Best ObamaChair Pic To Date: Sense Of Events

All those effigies are, well, in bad taste. Not a good idea. OS believes that it's possible to win every argument and never win one heart.

Humor always works best; low-key, to the point, elegant humor.

So, a big HT and OS shout-out to Don Sensing at Sense of Events. This is funny and pointed, if for no other reason that it draws the contrast between Churchill and our present occupant of the White House.

 Now, a brief thought about Eastwood's ruminations at the GOP convention. He walked out to greet the audience without a script, and spotted the chair. It wasn't a set-up, it was improv.

The humorless types in the press were not amused...they called him names, said he rambled, on and on. It never occurred to them what they had just witnessed--an actor, writer, director, producer with over five decades of experience taking the raw material of the occasion, the audience and one lone chair to create something totally memorable. Not bad for someone at age 83!

By the way, along the way--Eastwood ran for mayor of his little town and won, and served the office for several years.

Compare Eastwood with the current occupant of the White House: Which one actually has created wealth with his gifts, created memorable art (and continues to create memorable art), actually administered some office of government before seeking high executive office?  Which of them actually has done something with the days allotted by Providence, apart from running for office and spending other people's money? Why is it wonderful to be an actor/director if one is a member of The Left, and disgraceful and suspect when one is a conservative?

That empty chair looks more apropo with each passing day.

Hit that link--you won't be sorry.

'SEALs don't shoot a lot; they don't need to.': Pithy Quote Of The Day From 'Sense Of Events'

Full article here. As always, Don Sensing is informative and displays his lovely dry humor.

Sense of Events: "Hope is not a method, and wishes are not plans."

Plan? What Plan? There is no Plan A, or B, or C.

Donald Sensing says it best.

This was the president's speech in a nutshell: There is no Plan C, no Plan B, and for that matter, there is no Plan A, either. He knows what he wants to happen, but shrinks definitively and certainly away from making it happen. He hopes Qaddafi will play nice and beat feet outta there, and wishes Libya the best in the meantime. Or as Josh Trevino tweeted after the speech,

This is the first time in American history that a President has simultaneously set a war aim and disavowed means to obtain it.

Think the Balkans from 1912-1914, all of Europe in the 1930's, Lyndon Johnson and his Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, our successful efforts to arm the Taliban in the 1980's.

Hope is not a method, and wishes are not plans.

Donald Sensing, Sense Of Events: Insights On the Libyan Fighters Defected To Malta

Donald Sensing speaks eruditely on matters military, as he provides insight from photos of the jets on the ground.

They had been dispatched to attack the crowds, with air-to-ground weapons pods affixed.

The second photo tells a story. It is a closeup of the rear of an antipersonnel rocket pod. The pod used by the Mirage fighter is the SNEB pod, the name being the acronym of its manufacturer. Each SNEB pod holds either 18 or 19 rockets, depending on the type.

However, blowing up this image reveals rocket-exhaust nozzles in the mid-twenties count; a better view is in this image. So this appears not to be a SNEB pod. But it is an air-to-ground weapon, which only shows how lethal Qaddafi is willing to be against his own people.

And that means he does not consider them his own people at all.

The pilots, blessedly, chose to defect, thereby sparing hundreds of lives. Heaven only knows what became of their families back home as a result of their defection.

The entire article, as well as Mr. Sensing's thoughts in general, are recommended reading.

Introducing: Sense Of Events

From time to time, it's time to update the list of intrepid bloggers on the right hand side of OldSouth's world-wide junction of wit and wisdom.

Sense of Events is a team effort, led by fellow Tennessean Donald Sensing, who has had a distinguished career in the military, public service, and the Methodist ministry.

He never fails to inform and amuse, and OS tips his hat (with just a wee bit of envy) in Don's direction.

Stay warm and dry, ya'll. It's gonna get ugly this week.