The Bulletproof One Joins The Ranks!
September 4th, 2008 by joe
After years of astute commenting here and elsewhere, our esteemed visitor, the 10-foot tall one, The Bulletproof Monk, is now officially a blogger!
Well, it is about time. We had a few tussles back in the old days, but as with so many of our visitors I eventually learned to appreciate Monk for his sense of humor and eventually came to see his overall rationality despite initial disagreement over an issue or two. I think it was during the whole George Hidy hullabaloo that I realized Monk was at least as reasonable as I was.
And it was Monk who reminded me of the 80 percent rule, that someone who agrees with you on 80 percent of issues is not your enemy, which caused me to jump off the Lou Dobbs bandwagon and, at very least, do no harm to the McCain candidacy. In retrospect, I wish I had figured that out for myself, but thank the Bulletproof One for slapping some sense into me.
Check out his post on the Sarah Palin “vetting” controversy, leave a comment, and put him on your list of blogs to visit regularly. I can assure you it will always be interesting. (Although he needs to fix his settings so non-blogger registrants can comment!)
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September 4th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
OK Joe, you let him in the house. Did you remember to hide the silverware? Sheeesh!
September 4th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
We need to take him shootin’ with us.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:15 am
hmmm. Make sure ACT has blanks, I am worried he might interpret the whole ‘lets go shooting with Monk’ in the way one interprets Paul Puma wanting to have Bugs Bunny ‘over for dinner.’
September 5th, 2008 at 12:34 am
Speaking of ACT, where in the heck is he ?
September 5th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Limited home computer access - he has limited Internet access these days and can only get online for brief intervals. I am sure there will be a flurry of commentary from him before too long.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Can you run ethernet over to his house ?
September 5th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Oh, sure, that would be the easy part. What I CAN’T do, unfortunately, is build him a sheltered nook where he could hook up the computer and spend time on it amid all the domestic activity.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Joe,
Invite the boy over, he obviously needs a libation, and some time on the net.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Shall we toast him at our favorite Irish pub one night next week ?
September 5th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Not to change the subject, but you should all be glad to hear that the hate mongering sign in Old Town Manassas put up by the illegal immigrant crowd has been taken down.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Thanks, Joe…but you give me too much credit. You’d have figured it out for yourself, given time.
Now, regarding ACT…you’d have to know a little about my background. Sure…I’m a hundred years old, but I’m still pretty fast with a weapon, boys. So as long as we all face and fire downrange…all will remain calm. I employ more control of my weapon than …say… Cheney.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
The setting has been changed to anyone. I was attempting to interrupt spam, but that’scovered.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Man…was that fun. Thx Joe, I just clicked on the link, and it’s like I was Loudoun Insider all over again. ROTFLMAO!!!!!
September 7th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Speaking of the George Hidy thing, reminds me of when you and Greg S were absolutely convinced that I (moniker prince - as in Purple Rain) was Ken Reid. Now that was funny.
September 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
And I know I’m gettin’ old and all, but didn’t you admit to that?
September 8th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Laura, yeah it sure was, especially when we traced the other IP address posting under the name of “Prince” to his company (or are you going to tell me you were writing from his offices?). I will admit it threw us off track to have different people using the same moniker, but that is all water under the bridge now. Fun while it lasted.
September 8th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Then, of course, there was Legion, who posted under many pseudonyms, with multiple personalities!
September 8th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Ah, ol Legion. We knew him well, unfortunately.