Aboard: the USS Liberator, a ship of war, docked for repairs at her home port, any coast, USA.
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Captain:(waks into the Radio Room) "Radioman, stand by to copy a message. Send the letter "V". Send to all stations, all commands."
Radioman: "Sir?"
Captain: "Sir, what, Sparks"
Radioman: "Sir, what is the rest of the message?"
Captain: "Sparks, that IS the message, "V" "
Captain: Never Mind. Sparks, take five, but before you go, set your transmitter to the frequency for Flash Traffic, all stations"
Radioman: "yes Sir."
The radioman flips a few switches, then gets up from his console and the Captain sits down.
Captain: (operating the key): Dit Dit Dit Daaah.
Radioman: (who never left his little cubby behind the Captain's bridge): "Sir, you just sent flash traffic of Victor." Our instructions are to NEVER send just a "V", because it is the agreed-upon signal for Victory in this War, Sir?"
Captain: (handing Sparks a photo-scan of a newspaper).
Radioman: "Yes, SIR! We HAVE won, Sir!"
Here's that photograph that Sparks just saw:
Captain: "Do you have a microphone for the ship's P/A in here, Sparks?"
Radioman: "Yes, Sir." (flips a few switches at his console and pulls up a microphone, handing it to the Captain)
Captain: (to ship, via P/A) "Now hear THIS. This is the Captain. All work not essential to ship's combat readiness is to cease IMMEDIATELY. The Captain grants the crew 12 hours of LIBERTY ashore. The usual liberty line will now form. While you are ashore, Sailors, hoist one to the Oregon Firearms Federation, for without their tireless work in this fight, we would not have prevailed. That is ALL."
Captain (to radioman): "Can you make a tape of "V", and pipe it on the P/A for five minutes?
Radioman: "Yes SIR. Some of us have something to go home to now."
Captain: "Yes, I know that, Sparks. Your family has a farm in Scio, don't they?"
Radioman: "Yes Sir, they do. They recently re-incorporated the farm as "Liberty Farms", too, Sir"
(In the passageway, a jubilant sailor marches by, his broom at High Port. As he passes the radio room, he snaps his head to the left, passing in review and saluting Sparks, the bearer of the good news. He does NOT flinch upon seeing the Captain in the cubby, but he does lose his composure and crack a wide grin.)
Captain: (to sailor in the passageway): "Carry on, Sailor (and the Captain cracks a matching wide grin)."
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I hope you liked this little ditty. This post has a second purpose, though, and that is to remind the fraction of the Legislature that pushed to overturn gun rights in Oregon that WE aren't the "extremists", as Senator Burdick (D - Portland) was just quoted as saying, SHE is the extremist for trying to take those rights away, and for her political tricks of trying to do it while dancing in the blood of murdered children in Newtown, CT and the murdered Christmas shopper here in Oregon.
While we're at it, shame on the liberal Press for enabling these attacks on our Civil Rights. Shame on the Democratic Party for lining up to support stripping citizens of their Civil Rights.
Yes, there's a lot of joy to spread with this news, but there's also a lot of shame to note.
The rights-killing extremists WILL be back. We have just enough time for a short celebration before their next attack, I'm sure of that.
Excuse me, I think I shall go to the range and celebrate by firing the annual qualifying course for LEOSA-04 (HR-218).