And ongoing discussion of other lies and misrepresentations. I’ve watched the coverage of the issues of Blackwater with interest, even though currently, it probably qualifies as old news. It is interesting because from every thing I have seen Blackwater is probably a professionally run company and contrary to some of
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Links updated
Went through and updated my links. Added some Japan blogs that have been kind enough to link to me, as well as a thought provoking military blog by a guy I know, Jeff Huber. He was an XO during the period that I was a CO- of a sister E-2
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Read some great quotes that need to be repeated today: Under the category of keeping one’s eye on the real ball game: Finally, accept that Afghanistan will remain Afghanistan. It will not become Switzerland. Stop promoting things like “womens’ rights,” i.e. Feminism, that tell the locals we want to force
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I watched 2010 on TV tonight. Seeing it on Turner Classic movies makes me feel old. Its a good movie in my opinion, especially the way they melded the story together and tried to stay true to Arthur C. Clarke’s work. The entire series is worth the read if you
Continue readingIndian phone sex……
Bet that title got your attention! Took me a while, but I finally had to deal with an Indian call center this evening. In the process of setting up my computer here, I had to update my Norton Software and anti virus protection. As software companies are wont to do,
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I went to see the movie Syrianna tonight. I know it got slammed by many critics, but I liked it. Both for the way it presented its message and for the message it presented. It was also good to see a Deep Space Nine actor finally get some real work…………..
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I’ve been following the recent furor over cartoons with an air of disbelief. I’m surprised that on both sides of the Atlantic, something so inane could generate so much controversy. There are 2 sets of cartoons that have created a huge row both inside the US and Europe. Lets start
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