{"id":970,"date":"2010-08-30T11:44:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T15:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=970"},"modified":"2010-08-30T11:44:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T15:44:18","slug":"thoughts-from-the-new-admiral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/thoughts-from-the-new-admiral\/","title":{"rendered":"THOUGHTS FROM THE NEW ADMIRAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I was teaching in the Omaha area, and some of the good people there presented me with a certificate declaring me an Admiral in the Navy of the State of Nebraska.<\/p>\n

It was kinda cool, a \u201cKentucky Colonel\u201d sorta thing, only with a little more whimsy to it.<\/p>\n

It has turned out to be fun. I put my hand on the thigh of the Evil Princess and asked, \u201cNow that I\u2019m an admiral, does that make me a \u2018squid\u2019?\u201d She slapped my hand away and sighed, \u201cSeems more like an octopus to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that will not deter me from fulfilling my new leadership responsibilities. A navy in a Free World state should be committed to liberation and freedom. Therefore, I should attempt to recruit some Sailors and Marines, all voluntary of course. I\u2019m told that the current Navy of Nebraska may consist of a wooden boat up on blocks in a cornfield, but that should not deter us freedom-lovers from assembling a fleet of privately-owned bass boats, manned by volunteers armed with good ol\u2019 Nebraska pheasant guns (and perhaps a few Barrett Light .50s on tripods).<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll tow the bass boats to Interstate 80, sail up the Chicago River, effect an amphibious landing, and liberate the city of Chicago. Given the fact that Mayor Daley\u2019s regime has effectively disarmed everyone but the cops and the criminals, we should have clear, uh, sailing.\u00a0 Most of the several thousand remaining Chicago cops should be on our side (see HERE<\/a> if you don\u2019t believe me)\u00a0 as a most effective fifth column to help us restore order to the city they love, serve, and protect. The criminals?\u00a0 A few hundred honest Midwesterners with Flite-Control buckshot and rifled slugs in their 12-gauges should sort that out quickly.<\/p>\n

We exile Mayor Daley to the Island of Elba, or perhaps more appropriately, to Northerly Island (formerly Meigs Field, the airport Daley imperiously bulldozed), and restore freedom to about three million people.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst,\u201d I told the Evil Princess as I tickled her tummy, \u201cWe\u2019ll have to practice navel maneuvers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be naughty-cal,\u201d she said as she slapped my hand away again.<\/p>\n

This admiral thing is cooler than I thought it would be, but they never warned me that it would make my hand hurt\u2026<\/p>\n

The new admiral reviews a possible flagship…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Nebraska<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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