VA Tech - Not In The Playbook, No Manual

If you were to ask yourself last week what place in the US is most likely to experience the worst massacre in American history, what place would you pick? Certainly not a government building these days. Not an airplane anymore. Possibly a church, but only in the North. Most likely you would pick a school. Gov. Kaine places zero blame with the VA Tech administration, saying "nobody has this in the playbook. There is no manual on this." And of course there isn't. Legislation has drawn a strong boundary around schools across the country, forbidding weapons of any kind on campus. Hell, there have been stories of kids having trouble getting fencing equipment (often just called "weapons") on some campuses. And of course, many college campuses are bastions of ultra-liberal thought - the guys who rail against gun owners and ownership in the United States.

In the Art of War, Sun-Tzu said to always attack hardest where your enemy's defenses are weak. Cho Seung-Hui considered the women who despised him and the rich kids who ignored him as the enemy. And there is no greater undefended concentration of them than on a college campus... any college campus.

Next time a teacher, a professor, or a pilot suggests he be allowed to carry a sidearm - let's not dismiss him out of hand this time.

The Only Event That Matters This Weekend...

America's Warrior on Terror

...Is 24. The four hour start to the season begins Sunday at 8pm, and I can't friggin wait. I am skipping fencing on Monday for this, and all my friends know that is a HUGE deal. It's ok, I will just practice choking ("Squeeze the handle, push the button...") and sleeper holds on my boxing dummy for a couple hours before the Monday show begins.

I've seen the teasers, and from what I can tell - Jack Bauer is pissed. Just think how pissed you are when you spend $6 on a box of chicken fried rice and you are hungry as hell an hour later. For Jack, multiply that feeling by a billion. Then add on the fact that before he was captured by the Chinese - he was about to get laid by at least two chicks. Now that's classic cockbrocking [sic] if I have ever seen it.

It also looks like there is going to be another black president. Awesome. The new guy doesn't seem to be as cool as Dennis Haysbert, but he is close. I think he is even a better fictional president than Morgan Freeman. Morgan reminds you of an old grandfather or uncle - the one that tells you everything is gonna be alright and you believe him. Denny Haysbert is like your father or big brother who says everything is gonna get pretty fucked up - but we will make it. And you believe him too because he is an easy going guy who will kick your ass for weeks if you start trouble.

There are other things going on in the world this weekend - but the only thing that truly matters is 24.