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Yes, I have returned.  Myself and several other members of the MN Militia just got back from several days of hinting in the NoDak badlands/desert.  We figured it necessary to stage this trip since one of our members is preparing for another deployment (currently to Iraq) and he\’ll probably miss next year\’s trip.  He demonstrated his shooting skills were definitely up to the task.  However, I sincerely hope, and I\’m sure both him and his wife/family agree, that he never has use for them.

But even in it\’s own right it was an enjoyable trip.  Middle of what is essentially a desert shooting at prairie dogs from 300 to 600 yards away with a 30+ mph crosswind.  It seems they\’ve gotten a bit skittish from being shot at all summer so combined with the conditions I won\’t pretend we put much of a dent in their population but it was good fun anyway.  Except for the rattlesnake.

Having returned and finally gotten cleaned up, it\’s time to catch up with the world.

New Orleans is under water again?? You don\’t say.  Who could have seen that coming?  I\’m so glad we spent millions of tax dollars rebuilding a city that was guaranteed to be destroyed again soon and which contributes virtually nothing to the nation with the notable exceptions of copious amounts of most of the seven deadly sins, and a few sins that haven\’t even been invented yet.

GOP convention is going on, albeit in a very abbreviated format.  I\’ll be participating, so to speak, for the rest of it.  I hope to relate my experiences here but we\’ll see what I have time for.

Palin has been picked as VP.  I think I\’m damn near required to comment on that but it\’s now old news having been announced as I was on my way out the door.  But we\’ll see.

Other than that the world is pretty much as I left it.  Which is nice that it can survive without me.

Well as you all know, I\’ve been out of town for awhile…away from any contact with most of the world. So I\’m a little out of touch with what\’s been happening in the world while I\’ve been away doing battle with the dread North Dakota prairie dogs and starting a fresh conflict with the state of Wisconsin.

So let\’s take a look at what\’s been happening in the world lately….

Coalition troops have started a crackdown in Baghdad, during which their investigation discovered that Al Zarqawi has a 16 year old wife. Which means in addition to those minor terrorism charges, he\’s also guilty of being a pedophile. As a result they decided to bomb the bejesus out of Zarqawi\’s safe house. Zarqawi died 52 minutes later, which was long enough for him to view Al Gore\’s \”Inconvenient Truths\” and agree with scientists that it\’s a crock of shit. Despite this Zarqawi\’s successor vowed to avenge his death, to which President Bush responded to by withdrawing his offer to allow the him to stay at the luxurious Club Gitmo by closing it. Upon hearing this Congress, figuring that saved money had to go somewhere promptly voted themselves a raise. This made all of Congress happy, which was especially needed for the unorganized Democrats who have been rather down in the dumps lately since 2000 of their future core voters were arrested by ICE. Then after hearing that Hastert has delayed their immigration plan, many Democrats decided to follow the Kennedy plan and started drinking heavily. Which as it turns out isn\’t all that big of a deal since coffee can counteract the effects of alcohol on the liver. However, it is unlikely to counter the effect of buying drug filled vanities at Home Depot. Which is likely what North Korea\’s \”Poofy\” Kim is feeling the effects of if he think testing long range missles is a good idea…although it might be more accepted if he tested them at the new spaceport Oklahoma just got permission to build.

Hmmmm, world just doesn\’t seem to make sense, which is exactly how I left it so I got that going for me….which is nice.

Ok I\’ve been out of touch of the news for awhile, so I figured I\’d take a spin through the world and see what\’s going on.

Here\’s the news as I understand it. Let me know if I screwed anything up or missed something

In celebration of Iraq passing it\’s Constitution via Democracy, Syria decided to assasinate a Lebanese Prime Minister. Said Lebanese dude was mistakenly counted as the 2,000th US military death in Iraq. The confusion over the death caused oil prices to drop. The resulting lower gas prices caused global warming overnite which instantaneously formed Hurricane Wilma, which smacked around Florida for awhile. Cindy Sheehan decided to protest the existance of hurricanes by tying herself to the White House fence. The sight of this caused Bush to rethink his Miers nomination, especially since he just nominated some guy that once helped him make change for a $20 as Fed Chairman. He was gonna nominate Rosa Parks but changed his mind after hearing she died in shock after hearing the Vikings beat the Packers.

I think I\’m up to speed now.

Mitch Berg has the scoop. Jason Lewis MIGHT be returning to the Twin Cities!!

That would be far too good to be true. Probably my favorite show at the time and every day was a definite must listen. Since then he\’s been replaced by….well, Hannity.

Hannity is….well, Hannity. First of all he\’s not local, which is probably enough to count for two spots. Third, well he\’s a bit dry, he\’s got the occasional topic that keeps my interest but besides that it\’s hard to get into the show. And well, he could use another testicle sometimes.

For example, today he had some Republican Representative on (I missed who it was). Hannity was telling him that many of the base are feeling ignored (and we are) and to beware. The guest blahed on about how they are working on it and they are trying.

Bullshit. I realize Hannity needs to be somewhat cordial to his guests but bullshit. You haven\’t tried shit. Illegal Immigration? Worse than ever. Spending? Just as bad as Democrats. Nanny state legislation? Check.

Not sure where Jason fits into that, but I need a change. And I remember tuning into Mr. Right every day and being entertained for the full show.

Almost as good as a NARN show!!

It has pretty much become common knowledge that much of the hype and sensational reporting of massive death in New Orleans was false. Not only false but grossly over-exaggerated.

Facing that reality, Norwegianity has come up with a new tactic. Re-Hype it! Which apparently resulted in today\’s post entitled \”Many Katrina victims had gunshot wounds!\”.

Many??? Really. Must not have read the source too well.

Most of the dead had drowned, Roper said. Others had died of dehydration, probably caused by abandonment, he said.

Well we know \”most\” did not die by gunshot….much less a gunshot to the head or back. So how much is \”many\”?? How can such a statement be made?? Well it apparently comes from this

He was surprised by the number of homicides — people with gunshot wounds to their heads and backs.

Which still fails to answer the question of \”how much is many??\”. Certainly no number is given or even hinted at. Simply somebody was surprised by the number. Well, speaking for myself, I would be surprised by one person shot in the head or back. So given the data, \”many\” could conceivably be \”one\”.

This is a single source, with no direct quote or number cited. We\’ve seen nothing to confirm it. And we know \”many\” of the hype and rumors of mass-death/murder/rape/cannibalism/ninjas/deck-stacking/etc were mostly false.

So knowing all that, and with absolutely no data to support your claim, how can one claim any integrity and still use such a misleading title??

Well, having read past posts on Norwegianity, I suspect that as usual, sensational exaggerated propaganda was deemed more valuable that reality. Feel free to prove me wrong.

NOTE : As a followup to my previous post, don\’t miss tomorrow\’s post entitled \”Cindy Sheehan has a HUGE criminal history!!\”.

UPDATE : Response from Norweginity

Locally, I’m being accused of over-exaggerating the death toll. Sorry, I don’t mean to be asking questions during a time of plunging polls and resubmerged evidence.

The problem isn\’t you posing of questions, nor does plunging polls have anything to do with it. It\’s that fact that you knowingly make misleading statements without any measure of truth whatsoever. And you can\’t claim \”resubmerged evidence\” since you have NO evidence whatsoever.

Basically as usually you completely missed the point and would prefer to stick to talking points.

Well this weekend I was partaking in a very successful bachelor party. A party that kept me somewhat out of touch with the state of the world.

So I thought I\’d spend my hangover figuring out what I missed.

The space shuttle is to return to Earth, thereby fulfilling one of the less moronic of the concessions North Korea is asking for. In the meantime, on a break from ignoring the growing (and now official) Air America scandal, Wilf Blitzer explains to us simpletons why a 4-ton Humvee is superior to a 31-ton APC….something which even a brand new $80 million network of liberal think tanks can figure out how. However, nobody paid that much mind because shortly thereafter the stricken Russian sub rose from the depths with a report showing how Benon Sevan received kickbacks. The sub also delivered a copy of a memo to Zarqawi from one of his field commanders, detailing how most terrorists in Al Qaeda have an intellectual capacity barely surpasing the goats they use for \”comfort\”, which is surprisingly unpopular with Iraqis. As a result of this incompetence, Saudi Arabia was able to send warning of an impending attack to the UK before the bombings. But since the warning was delivered by a women to the men of the UK government, nobody paid any attention…which we now know there is a scientific reason for. President Bush, having been told \”it\’ll all be better in the morning\” promptly signed a bill pushing up daylight savings time.

In the blogosphere, things have gotten a bit nasty. Swiftee is throughly thrashing someone making up Navy Cross claims, and Learned Foot is busy fighting off OSL (Obsessive Stalker Loser), whom may or may not be related to ODB (Old Dirty Bastard). Which makes it a particularely bad time for Sisyphus to release his new line of thongs. The new line is to be modeled by Martin Andrade who just rewired his radio station using only a light bulb in McGyver like fashion.

So really….not much happened.

Well I\’ve been out of contact with the rest of the world for awhile. So I\’ve spent today trying to figure out what has happened while I was gone. Here\’s what I\’ve pieced together so far…let me know if I missed anything.

President Bush has appointed Bolton as UN Ambassador, which came as such a shock to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia that he promptly died. In memory of King Fahd, several town elders in Iraq appointed a GI as a Sheik, which failed to be reported on Gore\’s new \”non-partisan\” TV channel which just launched. It did report however that London is arresting lots of Islamic fundamentalists whom may or may not have damaged the space shuttle Discovery, although they almost certainly forced Palmeiro to take steroids.

In the Blogosphere, Harvey of Bad Example blogcrawled all the way to the Patriot Picnic to hear Sisyphus explained how he\’s going to finance Air America\’s version of Martin Andrade\’s new radio program. However, Sisyphus diverted said funding towards his new charity Reporters Angels which strives to prevent KAR from being the top google return for \”booger barf poop fart\”, especially since KAR finally acknowledged my existance. This caused Sandy to assault her whole family, whom, unlike Nightwriters\’ family did not just returned from a distant and mysterious land where they were trying to sell Freedom Dogs new MOB T-Shirts.