Today should have been a good day. And on the surface it was, even though the rain put a crimp on me playing golf again for the second time this holiday weekend. (Did get in 9 holes before the deluge started up again….but, I’ve played better…..). Took the S.O. to
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4 years into the war-a reasoned assessment.
I received this STRATFOR piece from a friend of mine who works in the defense consulting field. It provides a really balanced account, coming to the conclusion that a) the US is ahead on points, but b)the “war” is not yet won by a long shot. However there has been
Continue readingWhere were you the day the world changed?
Did not post yesterday as I had to go out for a remote site visit. Also it was September 11, a day that used to be just a normal day, but now will never be just another day ever again. I was in Japan when the attacks happened and had
Continue readingA shameless theft and crossposting!
This post is verbatum from Soldiers for the Truth, Hack’s (former) web site that is still being maintained by some truly great Americans. The most recent posting has words of warning for Rummy and his legions of sycophants: An Interview with Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, Combat Commander Part I By
Continue readingAhh the good old days……..
Tonight, Casablanca was on TV. As I have noted before, I love that movie, as it symbolizes a time when Hollywood made movies : a) with a plot and b) actually had some quality acting in them. Also its not a PC movie. I was thinking about that the other
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TGIF!!!! Today is a beautiful, albeit, hot day. I should be out playing golf, but instead I’m in going over budget sheets……..Deciding which pots of money we can spend out of and which we can’t. They should just write a check out to me and I’ll spend it well, I
Continue readingThe GAO screws up …..(again) (WARNING:emotional rant follows).
As long as I have been around the US government in a working capacity, I have been astounded at how often the General Accounting Office (an office of Congress) f**ks things up. Today, reading Stars and Stripes I was given yet another reminder of their inability to portray an accurate
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Someone is at it again in London. WTF is with these guys? This is like shooting a boar, all it does is just make him mad. These are Brits and they are just going to hunker down and fight back. Haven’t the terrorist morons figured that out yet? GRRR! TO:
Continue readingThe briefing the SECDEF missed- Part II
In part one of this post I explained why it was highly unlikely that the SECDEF really did not know about the USFSPA ( Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act) and grievous injustices it causes to current serving members of the armed forces and retired members. Tom Philpott (Early Bird
Continue readingThe brief that the US Secretary of Defense missed. (Part-I)
Thanks to some of the other citizens here in Bloggerville, I had 15 minutes of fame last week. While my little tirade was created as a result of reviewing my finances and coming to the conclusion that handing over 39% of a hard earned retirement to woman who deserved to
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