So it’s New Year’s Eve. Most people are either celebrating, looking back on the year past and looking forward to the coming year.
I’m watching - for the first time in quite a while - the 1972 film What’s Up Doc? In the tradition of the screwball comedy of the 30s, it takes a […]
The 3,000th U.S. soldier death in Iraq has been verified. In three years and 9 months since the Iraq War began, American military casualties have now exceeded 25,000. Hundreds of thousands of deaths overall have occurred in this time period as a result of this illegal war and occupation.
There will be a […]
Enid Green and James Evans will marry.
I just finished watching Chris Vanocur, On The Record. Chris had Enid Green on (among others). Enid couldn’t say enough good things about Rocky.
As they all made their predictions for 2007, I had a revelation. Yep, clear as day. James Evans, current Salt Lake County Republican Party Chair […]
I appreciate everyone’s patience with my fascination with the anthropological / tribal characteristics of militant authoritarian mind.
For you history buffs, a few things have changed recently.
It’s Clinton fault we had to invade Iraq.
1. Sue Says: (link)
Yes, I supported the Gulf war then and I think it was a big mistake not […]
The UN estimates that 1.8 million Iraqis have fled to neighboring countries to escape the civil war, and 100,000 refugees cross the borders of Syria and Jordan each month. It is quickly becoming the world’s biggest refugee crisis. There are also an estimated 1.6 million internally displaced persons in Iraq. In […]
In the few remaining months before CJ’s deployment back to Iraq, we hope to continue to engage him in an effort to better understand the complexity of the situation with Iraq, in Iraq and the American consciousness.
As I reminded an interlocutor from ASP, we appreciate CJ as an archetype of the kind of otherwise earnest, […]
The Military Times poll finds that only 35 percent of respondents approve of Bush’s handling of the war — down from 63 percent two years ago — while 42% disapprove of it.
Only 35 percent of the military members polled this year said they approve of the way President Bush is handling the war, while 42 […]
The conversation on the post “A Question for Sue” has brought home a very stark reality about the incredible organized media restriction of war reporting in this country. If you are not sickened each morning when you wake up and are reminded that we are at war, you do not know war. Ask […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Many of the American soldiers trying to quell sectarian killings in Baghdad don’t appear to be looking for reinforcements. They say the temporary surge in troop levels some people are calling for is a bad idea…
“Nothing’s going to help. It’s a religious war, and we’re caught in the middle of it,” said […]
I would like to publicly apologize for two ‘snarky’ characterizations I made in a previous post in reference to the wives accompanying their husbands in the ASP Christmas video.
It was a childish reaction to comments made in the video which I felt at the time were directed at me and others from OneUtah who wrote […]
You can lie your way into a war, but can you lie your way out? The Bush war cabinet is reportedly trying to come up with a justification for sending another 20,000 combat soldiers to Iraq. Even though they know it won’t make a difference. Even though only 11 percent of the […]
As much as I have tried to ask questions designed to spark a thoughtful exchange of ideas at ASP, no one from that blog has answered ANY of my questions.
Here is a simple question. I beg a response from Sue or her friends.
Many, many children have been killed and maimed in Iraq.
Question: How do […]
Well, the fine folks at Family Security Matters have discerned at long last the real problem in America:
Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S. yet has a great disdain for its citizens. They see us for what we are. […]
Up front, let me say I was never a fan of President Gerald Ford after he pardoned Nixon. It seemed to me he was putting the best interest of the Republican Party ahead of what was best for the country. He deserved to lose the 1976 election.
Tomorrow’s Washington Post has a front-page exclusive […]
I was saddened to hear that CJ of ASP has been called back to Iraq. His local news did a nice story on him.…and video.
The piece includes a very sobering moment about the obvious risk or being hurt or worse. CJ’s final comment is “that’s the price of freedom, I think.”
It was easy to […]
There’s something of a flap developing about the advice from Mara Vanderslice that Democrats should be more conservative about abortion. Vanderslice is one of those Democrats who is not so very liberal, who has been convinced by conservative rhetoric that anti-abortion is the only moral stance and she seems to believe other Democrats should follow […]
In my attempt to understand the Military mind, I found this while wandering around the Milblogosphere . At first I was horrified - how could such a great writer…but then I read on.
From here
It’s nights like this that I miss the war. Nights alone with too much time to think that I feel it […]
There air was still milky brown this morning as the dust continued to settle on the blogo-battle field after yesterday’s skirmish between OneUtah and the mercenaries at ASP.
As I climbed down from my nocturnal perch still sleepy-eyed from a deep, well-deserved slumber, I managed to catch a glimpse of the enemy camp through a break […]
HT to Pam’s House Blend.
The Boy Scouts of America, specifically their San Diego chapter, are spewing more bullshit about their right to use public property and discriminate against members of the public.
A few years ago, the Boy Scouts of America went to great lengths to convince the Supreme Court that allowing atheists and gay people […]
Gee, It sure would be nice to be able to respond to comments like this, especially having so much valuable information to offer.
But apparently the free exchange of ideas is too much to handle in certain tree houses.
Here’s another gem from the same post exposing me as…uh…me.
CJ & Cpl M–Great job in your expose. Thanks […]
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