Tuesday Open Thread

Glad I clicked. 

Was the pomade for Ron?

according to the Vitalis folks.

That was their answer to Brylcreem's "A little dab'll do ya'" ad campaign. 

I guess you and Ron weren't into hair-care products in those days. 

First this from the Confluence with brief explaination - not sure I get their meaning.

 the graphic is my heading graphic on Skydancing showing the interplay between ladies justice and liberty.   I never miss an opportunity to use a great graphic that gets across the point of what something (like a ruling) should be.  That is especially true when we seem to be increasingly losing both justice and liberty, let alone the important links and interplay between them

And second this item which has many old Navy salts pissin blood.  Example of media's take below and after that, Navy's.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/21/inside-the-beltway-97423759/

 

SWORDLESS SAILORS

Graduating midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis are being told in writing to leave at home or in their vehicles all "ceremonial swords" and anything else "that might be considered a weapon or a threat by screeners" for Friday's outdoor commencement ceremonies featuring an address by President Barack Obama.

Inside the Beltway has obtained the academy's list of prohibited items for this year's graduation exercises, which, besides ceremonial swords, includes umbrellas.

>> Subject: Alleged Prexy disses Navy, scuttles honor
 
 
>
> President Barack Obama spoke at the Graduation Ceremony for the US
> Naval Academy at Annapolis on May 22, 2009 - but before he spoke, all
> Naval midshipmen were disarmed of their ceremonial swords and umbrellas.
>
> Never before in the history of Annapolis has the Commander in Chief
> required that all Naval officers in his presence be disarmed.
>
> <http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/21/inside-the-beltway-97423759/
 

> No Naval Swords for USNA Graduation this year - Threat to the Dear
> Leader Inside the Beltway - Washington Times
>
> No Weapons for Anyone
>
> From today's you couldn't make it up if you tried file.......Obama's
> protectors have ordered graduating Midshipmen....and I
> suppose Commissioned Officers through Flag rank...to leave their swords
> at home. Full Dress White includes "wear sword". More to
> the point...those badges of office have been earned in a manner Obama
> and his minions just wouldn't begin to understand.
> Important traditions that inspire are kind of lost on the red banner
> crowd, apparently.
>
> Further, ceremonial swords never seemed to bother the Secret Service
> for any previous President. And before World War II, the
> swords were not particularly "ceremonial", I've seen some of those
> blades, boarding actions did occur on the China Station pre-war against
> river pirates, warlords, etc. Those swords were worn not just to
> graduation, but t
> o Inaugurations, in the receiving line at the White
> House afterward, to the Inaugural Ball. Somehow nobody gave it a
> second thought. Somehow even Presidents in the past didn't presume to
> specify items of uniform.
>
> But of course, what worked for Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, F.D.R., the
> Bushes, T.R., any other rational non-cult leader.....doesn't work for
> this former state senator anointed by the Chicago machine.
>
> Does he secretly consider our Naval and Military leaders "the enemy"?
> Perhaps the message this sends escaped his handlers. Sad.
>
>
> And .....follow me on this Obama and minions.....insulting. Actually
> it's contemptible.
>
>