In reply to this comment by Pprt:
So Jewish people are the ones blowing themselves up in foreign countries and intentionally killing civilians, while the Muslims are prosperous inventors and artisans? That's news to me.

That's a keen and concise use of sarcasm, and one wasted on most of the sheeple here. The Jews excel the world around at arts, entertainment, science, medicine, business and finance, literature, the list goes on.
Muslims the world around have devoted their genius to killing, destroying societies, oppressing women and, oh ya, Allah.

The Mohammaden blight has nothing to do with race. It is the culture and religeon. Pakistan, Phillipines, Thialand, India, Iraq, Darfur, Beslan, Sweden, France, Britian. All these places and more they are assaulting the rules of law and advancing barbarism.

In reply to this comment by marinara:
Don't take a video from 2007 and sift it up in way that it masks the source of the video. I actually thought this was a recent video that was relevant to the school bombings this week. But it isn't. I'm not surprised that people feel the need to lie their way out of school bombings. I mean what is worse, launching a rocket from a school, or bombing a school full of refugees. I understand if you don't answer right away.

Here's a link to the same bastards (Hamas) using the same tactic on Jan 8th 2009. (Two days after the school bombing) http://www.videosift.com/video/School-Hamas-is-STILL-using-Schools-to-launch-rocket-attacks The first one being from 2007 does not lessen it's relevance. It shows graphically one of the tricks in their repertoire.

It's worse to deliberately violate the presumed neutrality of a school, knowing that you win if you kill some Jews with your rockets, and you win bigger if they shoot back and slaughter some human shields. The blood is on Hamas.

Point taken.

As it happens he should be arriving home this Wed for his 18 day leave. We are all pretty excited about it. We are going on a family camping trip up in the Adirondack mountains for a week. He will have another 8 months in his tour after that.

The lens is a 12X. It was fully zoomed, with a little bit of cropping as well.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Oh, that's cool, I understand. Gotta admit I sorta wish you'd said that instead. Would have added real interest to the discourse, but I'm sure you'll have plenty of chance to do so.

My best wishes for your Brother's safe return from duty. I tend to think this war is wrong, but I don't confuse the war with the warrior and appreciate all those who put themselves in danger on our behalf.

So, the moon shot, is that shot with a long lens or cropped? That'd look awesome painted on a van.

In reply to this comment by mharvey42:
Perhaps a bit strident, but my brother Dan is over in Mosul. It raises my ire to see a bunch of punks interfering with supplies that might be bound for him.
Thanks, the moon pic I took last December. Caught it coming up on the ridge out behind a ski area.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
What are you doing? I find the conversations around here to be very stimulating without flamebait. I'd say beat it, but I like your avatar.

Perhaps a bit strident, but my brother Dan is over in Mosul. It raises my ire to see a bunch of punks interfering with supplies that might be bound for him.
Thanks, the moon pic I took last December. Caught it coming up on the ridge out behind a ski area.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
What are you doing? I find the conversations around here to be very stimulating without flamebait. I'd say beat it, but I like your avatar.