tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post6657535901389093953..comments2023-09-20T06:10:29.485-04:00Comments on The Marine Installer's Rant: "Homeland Security" memoBill Bishop - Parmainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554223870035485145noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-42370250926679672642013-05-09T12:25:05.496-04:002013-05-09T12:25:05.496-04:00I enjoted this piece Bill; it read a lot like an e...I enjoted this piece Bill; it read a lot like an excerpt from a Michael Crichton novel. Political or not, keep on ranting.Josh Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972489231175652904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-54393640121968694732013-04-29T13:40:27.106-04:002013-04-29T13:40:27.106-04:00Anon, you're reading more into those stories t...Anon, you're reading more into those stories than was intended. The Flare gun for self defense has been discussed at one point or another on every major boating forum from Wooden Boat to THT and back again. These are where I learned the 37mm launcher could be used. The idea for the story was the lead, and his charred male anatomy. Exploding rounds, zombies, pirates, drawn on eyebrows, and other flights of fancy come from my imagination. The thoughts about magnesium burning on a boat were however real. It was never a commentary on any 2nd amendment issues. Perceived size of some male's genitalia on their Phallic Fifty go fast boats was intentional.<br /><br />The Homeland piece was in part driven by the extensive, and spirited comment thread that was in the Panbo piece:<br /><br />http://www.panbo.com/archives/2011/03/ais_a_threat_to_our_liberty.html<br /><br />...and this piece was just light hearted exploration of where technology can, and maybe could take us.<br /><br />I said the liberal boating public. This is certainly not all boaters, and I have the general impression Republicans tend to be more hawkish, and hence maybe more prone to endorse this non existent approach. But since it doesn't exist in the first place, we will never know.<br /><br />The key word here is non-existent. There are no disguised cell phone towers, and no one has proposed it, I think...yet.<br /><br />If you can't poke a little fun at those in power, it would be a tragic loss of freedom for all of us. Look at the comedian in Egypt who was jailed for poking fun at their President....<br /><br />And look at my little cartoon "Presidential Boating" and you will see I can gently smite both side of the political fence, and both presidents were losers in the debate.<br /><br />If I upset you, it was never my intention to do so, or any readers.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments, Bill Bill Bishop - Parmainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554223870035485145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834826019588534175.post-28905329729312168612013-04-29T11:34:17.164-04:002013-04-29T11:34:17.164-04:00What makes you think the boating community is &quo...What makes you think the boating community is "liberal" and that the "republicans" would back such a program but the "democrats" would not, cause clearly they do. Do yourself and the rest of your loyal followers and leave the politics out of it. you started to loose me with the "flare gun defense" blog, but this one takes the cake....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com