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February 27, 2006
Bob Harris Still Leads World's Most Unusual Life
I've long believed Bob Harris lives the most peculiar life of anyone on earth. His recent experience with manta rays, documented in lurid photographs, was actually an extremely banal day by his standards.
Also: read this about Robert B. Trice, Lockheed Martin's Vice President for Bathing in Human Blood.
Posted at February 27, 2006 11:36 AM | TrackBackOne wonders how much blood champagne and related swag gets rolled into the price of the average bomber--assuming you can stomach the bathing in human blood bit, even the most staunchly pro-war have to admit that it's somewhat unfortunate when soldiers end up paying for weaponry luxury marketing with low benefits and ill-supplied equipment.
Posted by: Saheli at February 27, 2006 02:10 PMHmm, since I am a Singaporean, do you want me to issue a big MEA CULPA because I attended those airshows when I was a kid and loved F16s?
All right, this is getting a little much. I mean you can't put it past Robert B Trice, can you? Almost everyone needs to enjoy the finer things in life...and supply would not exist without demand, would it? Like Smedley Butler said, the only way to prevent war in future is to disarm totally, and until that happens, this is what we are stuck with much to our detriment.
Posted by: En Ming Hee at February 27, 2006 02:28 PMSaheli:
even the most staunchly pro-war have to admit that it's somewhat unfortunate when soldiers end up paying for weaponry luxury marketing with low benefits and ill-supplied equipment
Well, that's only if you assume the U.S. military exists to win wars. Instead, it seems that its purpose is to serve as a pretext to enrich Lockheed Martin's shareholders. I think the second is more plausible, since it does the enriching very well and the winning, um, not so well.
En Ming Hee:
do you want me to issue a big MEA CULPA because I attended those airshows when I was a kid and loved F16s?
Yes, but that's not enough. I think it's about time you owned up to your responsibility for all wars everywhere.
Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at February 27, 2006 02:55 PMBob Harris' life, if not most unusual, certainly is most interesting. Gotta find time to go hang with him. lol
Posted by: spiiderweb at February 27, 2006 06:15 PMI like manta rays, too. They have personalities, and they're curious. They brush up against you like kitty cats almost.
Posted by: Maezeppa at February 27, 2006 09:10 PMTrice should be vigorously horsewhipped, not twice, but thrice.
Posted by: Jesus B. Ochoa at February 27, 2006 10:34 PMwait.. Lockheed only has ONE VP-BHB?
Posted by: almostinfamous at February 28, 2006 05:03 AM...hmm, my hopes for a "most unusual life" have been forlorn. Seems by elaborate plot to win the lottery has failed. I buy used lottery tickets because the chances of winning are only slightly less than with a brand new ticket.
Posted by: Darryl Pearce at February 28, 2006 10:10 AM
