March 27, 2008

What are we to make of this, Watson?

Sounds like some people got fooled into thinking that "Blackwater fever" actually has something to do with the security firm Blackwater Worldwide.

Please. All due respect to Messrs. Crittendon, Pundit, and Kessler, (and to the more credulous among us) but y'all seem to have missed the real story. I alone have properly connected the dots, which connect this way:

As we all know, the Doobie Brothers recorded "Black Water" back about 1974. So what, you say? Well, counted among their members at the time was guitarist, and now well-known security consultant Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.

Malaria. "Security consultant". "Black Water" fever*. "Skunk".

Coincidence? I wonder...

*"Fever" - I'm sure if I had some extra time at lunch, I could find a Peggy Lee connection too.

Posted by Ken S at March 27, 2008 12:21 PM | TrackBack (0) |
Comments

I think the ' Green Green grass of Home' by Tom Jones
might apply to his security clearance.He must have
wined and dined the Congressmen with some good stuff.

Posted by: Greg Newsom at March 27, 2008 06:04 PM

The Doobies developed the missile defense system?

Whoa. I am so gonna play my Doobie CDs backwards, and look for hidden messages.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at March 27, 2008 06:11 PM

I hear that if you play "Long Train Running" backwards, you hear "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

I knew Ronnie was a Doobs fan.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at March 27, 2008 06:23 PM

Gee, this is kinda like a real-life "Eli Stone"!

Posted by: Julie at March 28, 2008 05:03 AM

I had to google "Eli Stone".

Gads, I'm so behind on the pop culture references.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at March 28, 2008 05:48 AM

Skunk, man! You think this is all coincidence?

"Skunk Works" is a term first coined in 1943 by Lockheed, currently trademarked by Lockheed Martin and widely used in business, engineering, and technical fields to describe a group within an organization given a high degree of autonomy and unhampered by bureaucracy, tasked with working on advanced or secret projects.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_works)

Secret projects! Dude! This stuff has been going on for ages!

Posted by: wf at March 28, 2008 09:42 AM

And the Doobs are all over it!

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at March 28, 2008 10:59 AM