Cut the number of flag officers down to size. ABILENE, Kan. (AP) — Warring against waste, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday he is ordering a top-to-bottom paring of the military bureaucracy in search of at least $10 billion in annual savings needed to prevent an erosion of U.S. combat
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You missed something truly wonderful and truly funny. Betty White hosted Saturday Night Live and it was funny from start to finish. She’s a great lady and a real talent:
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As in why you should not just read people who agree with you. Because amid all the bombast you stumble on some pretty good things Downsizing/available jobs. What if a person gets downsized and the only available jobs are below his or her level of competence? They may have to
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Sorry for no post last night-my Dad suggested we go see the Durham Bulls play. I thought that was a great idea so off we went to Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Bulls beat the Scranton Yankee’s 9-3. You are always winning when the Yankees (any Yankee’s) are losing! Hot dog’s,
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Telling your friends that the rabbit is Tango Uniform in the Facebook era:
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On the road to visit my Dad. More to follow when I get finally readjusted to where I am. However, I am kind of glad I did not know about the crash of 2:45pm. I did not find out about the market drop today till I got here. So much
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Over on a discussion board-there is a member who continually proves true Barry Goldwater’s old admonition from 1989-the Republican party of his day ( and now) is “full of kooks.” One of the things I continue to find to be one of the most annoying features of tebaggerdom today is
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Slate Magazine has a great analysis of the attempted bombing in NYC. The jury is still out on many things. But they have it right on this one-Dick Cheney is proven wrong yet again.
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Low fly by’s. Most of them are by Brits and French-what’s up with that?
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E.D. Kain over at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen sums it up nicely: Conservatives have their limited-government priorities all wrong. While libertarians and the left have focused on matters of security overreach – wiretapping, surveillance, executive powers, GITMO, etc. – the right has brushed all this off and focused instead
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