Tag Archives: Christmas

13 Dec

Combat Waste

Howdy, everyone. Sorry I haven’t kept in touch as often as I wanted to. With the holidays here, we’ve been VERY busy getting troops home for leave.

Recently, my team lost eight vehicles. The contract was ending and my unit decided not to renew it to save money. I’m all in favor of saving taxpayer money, but not at the expense of the mission. Frankly, I lost 2 more vehicles than I need to efficiently do my job. However, this vehicle situation is one I want to touch on.

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21 Dec

A country that tolerates the frivolous fertilizes the garden from which the consequential emerges [Reader Post]

My wife is from France. In the four years we were on opposite sides of the ocean before we got married I had the good fortune to be able to visit the country a number of times. Much of that … Continue reading

Posted in American Exceptionalism, France, Social Studies | Tagged , , | 10 Comments | 1 views
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8 Dec

A different kind of Christmas Poem [Reader Post]

This is beautifully done.

Posted in American Exceptionalism, Holidays, Videos | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments | 357 views
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24 Jun

Christmas Bombs for Iran? [Reader Post]

The U.N.’s chief nuclear watchdog, Mohamed El Baradei (not exactly a guy in the tank for Bush), in an interview with Al-Arabiya TV, said, quite explicitly, that Iran will be able to produce a nuclear weapon in six months to … Continue reading

Posted in Barack Obama, Fanatical Islam, Iran, Middle East, Politics, The UN, War On Terror, WMD | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments | 11 views
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