Manchurian Candidate and Lines of Attack
I get forwarded a lot of "just sayin’" or "mebbe it’s true" emails about Barrack Obama and his past associations (or not) – most of which are pretty blatant lies – but do go around the Internet over...
View ArticleTVUUC Shooting First Person's Account
My wife pointed out this concise, but harrowing account of one person in the church at the time of the Unitarian Church shooting: Salvador Dali's LiveJournal. A fuller account can be found on numerous...
View ArticleDid I say "mushroom cloud? I really meant `finish your war'."
From Condi's State Department briefing of October 16th, at: www.state.govQUESTION: Madame Secretary, there is a strain of criticism against the Administration out there which I'd like you to address...
View ArticleCongressman John Carter Lets Go of a Secret in Iraq
I was suprised to hear Congressman John Carter list the metrics for success and withdrawal from Iraq in a public conference call Wednesday night. He gave an answer I never expected to hear from a...
View ArticlePrivate Security Details Hearing last week
The house Armed Services Subcommittee on Reform held a hearing on private security contractors in Iraq last week. The lack of accountability was stunning. This entry is the first of two, cross-posted...
View ArticleDeath of a Thug
Today American Special Forces and the United States Air Force killed the thuggish leader of al-Quaeda in Mesopotamia, Abu Al-Zarqawi through a combination of tips, ground work and surveillance, and two...
View ArticlePriorities
I might have been late to work as a civilian at Fort Hood this morning, having a hard time driving in to Fort Hood because of smoke from all the burning flags obscuring the huge processions of cars...
View ArticleEnsign for the Confederacy!
The transcript does not seem to be up yet but the junior senator from Nevada, John Ensign was on Scarborough Country on MSNBC this evening and made some outlandish statements about the country and...
View ArticleArmy Warns Troops & families About HBO Documentary
On Sunday, 21 May, at 8:00 pm HBO will air Baghdad ER for the first time. It will air periodically after that. The website is here at HBO: Baghdad ER. A bit from the synopsis says "BAGHDAD ER allows...
View ArticleRehab Hell
A New York Times story today discusses the Physical Training and Rehabilitation Program at several posts where basic training is conducted and in particular highlights abuses at Fort Sill. It is a...
View ArticleHouse Scrimps on Veteran's Care While Troops Remain Untreated
The Congress is beginning to work out the nuts and bolts of the 2007 budget. It is similar in many ways to that of 2006 - long on talk and tax cuts and short on delivery of service to those fighting...
View ArticleIraq Commander Works to Free KBR Slaves
A Chicago Tribune article details a new order from General Casey in Iraq ordering contractors to stop enslaving people from other nations, known as "third country nationals" in Iraq. My commander in...
View ArticleManchurian Candidate and Lines of Attack
I get forwarded a lot of "just sayin’" or "mebbe it’s true" emails about Barrack Obama and his past associations (or not) – most of which are pretty blatant lies – but do go around the Internet over...
View ArticleTVUUC Shooting First Person's Account
My wife pointed out this concise, but harrowing account of one person in the church at the time of the Unitarian Church shooting: Salvador Dali's LiveJournal. A fuller account can be found on numerous...
View ArticleDid I say "mushroom cloud? I really meant `finish your war'."
From Condi's State Department briefing of October 16th, at: www.state.govQUESTION: Madame Secretary, there is a strain of criticism against the Administration out there which I'd like you to address...
View ArticleCongressman John Carter Lets Go of a Secret in Iraq
I was suprised to hear Congressman John Carter list the metrics for success and withdrawal from Iraq in a public conference call Wednesday night. He gave an answer I never expected to hear from a...
View ArticlePrivate Security Details Hearing last week
The house Armed Services Subcommittee on Reform held a hearing on private security contractors in Iraq last week. The lack of accountability was stunning. This entry is the first of two, cross-posted...
View ArticleDeath of a Thug
Today American Special Forces and the United States Air Force killed the thuggish leader of al-Quaeda in Mesopotamia, Abu Al-Zarqawi through a combination of tips, ground work and surveillance, and two...
View ArticlePriorities
I might have been late to work as a civilian at Fort Hood this morning, having a hard time driving in to Fort Hood because of smoke from all the burning flags obscuring the huge processions of cars...
View ArticleEnsign for the Confederacy!
The transcript does not seem to be up yet but the junior senator from Nevada, John Ensign was on Scarborough Country on MSNBC this evening and made some outlandish statements about the country and...
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