So that's what the Bible Belt looks like.

Over on No Left Turns are links to discussions about these maps.

(Click on Baptist.)

I've Got An Idea

Let's feint an attack on Venezuela, pulling back our armada just inside international waters, and watch what happens.

Blogging a Firefight

Michael Fumento under fire with Alpha Company.

At one point I was crossing the street at a non-intersection to join up with the main body of men when a machine gun began spraying from behind me in what sounded like exactly my direction. Maybe it was; maybe it wasn't. But the shielding walls on the sides of the street looked a million miles away from me at that moment and all I could think of was dropping flat like a pancake onto the middle of the road, then rolling to the other side. I kept my camera up at all times (the footage makes you dizzy), but probably two dozen GIs saw me go down and were sure I was hit.