That’s what usually happens to me when I read buffoonery masquerading as patriotism and rational thought. Which is why I should not, usually do not, go over and read Blackfive and the gang of high brow intelligentsia they have over there. This post by Deebow should merit a simple shake
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And welcome to it. A real conversation that occurred last week: S.O.-“There is something wrong with my car. I put it in drive but it’s hard to get it to move. I stopped when I heard this ggggg noise.” Me- (thinking to myself-“Oh s**t” , a 1000 dollar repair bill
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To think for themselves. The Iraqis that is. I admit, that I marveled at this little tidbit in the news: Maliki said he was concerned about military pressure aimed at Iran regarding the country’s nuclear activities, adding he would not permit U.S. forces to use Iraqi land, airspace and waterways
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This is going to be a complicated post. As is my want, I’m quite sure I am going to trip over myself rhetorically, so for those who will become incensed-I beg a little indulgence before you set down at your machine to flame me………… George Will wrote an excellent article
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Out yesterday evening-celebrating with the S.O. She finally passed the drivers test and is now a licensed foreign national in Shopping Mall USA! Whoo-Whoo! Now Lou Dobbs can complain about her too! Anyway…………….. Came across this bumper sticker at a light in downtown last night:
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The good doctor silently weeps. The President signed the GI bill into law a couple days ago so that he could pay for the war. Whatever gets the job done………. Many people say this was about affordability and transferability. Regarding the former-if the country can afford to keep 150, 000 troops
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I’m in a foul mood tonight-not 100% sure why-but I definitely am. I was already in down mood and then I saw this news item-Fuji climbing season began today: Fu by newsnihon Sigh. Climbing Fuji-san is a real bear, but oh, the country you go through to get there. And
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The year is half over…….. What a difference a half a year makes. Since that can a be depressing thought-here is something to cheer me up: Which one do you like the best? I like ’em all. Don’t see too many over here though…………
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The S.O. and I went to see Get Smart on Sunday. If it was a plane landing on the carrier here is the grade it would have gotten: Way too much power on start, big settle in the middle, power on, flat at the ramp-1 wire.=No Grade. (A no grade
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The S.O. and I have been here for over 6 weeks today. They have been pretty pleasant on the whole, and together we have settled into a nice a little routine. I’ve been trying for a while to coalesce my thoughts into some organized bit of writing, but I’m not quite
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