I LIKE IT!.

First we embraced the sobriquet "gun nut." Then we were the "guys in pajamas." Some of us thought the tag "digital brownshirt" went too far, but what the hell, considering the source.

But now?

From Captain's Quarter's:

Our friends on the port side of the blogosphere have had quite a time tossing around funny little nicknames for those of us who support the war on terror and use our blogs to express our convictions about it. We've seen the names here at CQ in the comments section -- the term "chickenhawk" has appeared more than once, and others in the blogosphere have assigned us to a unit called the 101st Fighting Keyboardists.

I've thought about that for a while, wondering what exactly about both epithets appear so fascinating to left-wing bloggers.

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That's why Frank J of IMAO, Derek Brigham of Freedom Dogs, and I have decided to create -- for real -- the 101st Fighting Keyboardists and adopt the chicken hawk as our mascot. First of all, the term "fighting keyboardist" describes our efforts pretty well, and we think the pseudo-military terminology is pretty danged amusing. Derek himself designed the logo.

And why the chicken hawk? When we looked into it, it turns out that the chicken hawk is a pretty impressive predator. It's the largest of its family. This species vigorously defends its territory, getting even more aggressive when the conditions get harshest. It adapts to all climates. Most impressively, it feeds on chickens, mice, and rats.

Make of that what you will.

Been there, done that:

"If you are so gung ho about Our Glorious Leader's excellent adventure in Iraq, you'd think you'd have the balls to enlist. Of course, it IS safer to fight your battles from behind the safety of your keyboard, eh?" - Jack Cluth, 12.15.05 - 11:29 am

I think I'd be proud to call myself a Keebee.

Captain Ed reports that the Left is not amused.

Of course not. They had their sense of humor surgically removed.