I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Smittie 20 year old Private First Class Keith Matthew Maupin was captured on April 9, 2004 during an ambush on a convoy in which he was driving a supply truck. I was serving my first tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom. I have thought of and prayed for Staff Sergeant Maupin often since then. Always hoping against … Read more
Implicit in this article is a concept that I think is at the root of the problem with issues based politics. One must actually understand the issue in order to weigh a candidate’s position on that issue. In the case of this particular article, one must understand micro and macro economics fairly completely in order … Read more
Surprise, surprise, surprise. The Marine Corps has ordered Franz J. Gayl to stop his research into the decision to not deliver MRAP vehicles that commanders on the ground in Iraq said were required in order to better protect Marines from the very effective IEDs being used by insurgents. read more | digg story
A member of my family has one of those pre-existing conditions that makes it very important that we have health care insurance. We simply cannot afford to be without insurance coverage. So, I am terribly interested in discussions about health care. On the face of it, universal health care sounds pretty good. I’d like to … Read more
Back in August I mentioned that the decision to not supply MRAP vehicles to troops in Iraq would translation into dead soldiers. Now, some one is attempting to document the fact that Marines have died and been injured as a result of that decision. read more | digg story In related news, the Department of … Read more
So, a key point of the Democrats, even if they are being a little more low key about it at the moment, is getting out of the war in Iraq. Obama, Democratic front runner is on record as willing to send the US military into an ally country, against its will, to carry military actions … Read more
The urban legend about an evil gang that drugs its victims and steals their kidneys has been circulating for years. Turns out, someone in India thought that might be a good idea. The next item on my ToDo list: Cancel all plans to travel to India. aloha [posted with ecto]
In my life as a voter, I think Fred Thompson is the first candidate I actually believed in. I was early to jump on as a supporter. In this article the summary of the way in which the campaign was run and the summary of Thompson’s principles which guide him politically — Federalism, States’ rights, … Read more
This (registration required use BugMeNot) is a disappointment. Deprived of the chance to vote for someone I truly believe in, I am now forced to choose which candidate I dislike the least. Not a great way to choose a president. aloha
What is amazing here is that this story was the lead story for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz is famous for its extremely liberal politics. I usually refer to Santa Cruz as the second most liberal city in America. While I was on my last deployment, my wife stopped telling people why I was … Read more