I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
This is the result of American pressure – primarily coming from Congress – to build an instantly successful and effective government. Self-fulfilling prophecy. If opponents keep enough pressure on, Iraq will indeed fail, just as they are saying it will. read more | digg story [posted with ecto] Technorati Tags: iraq, military, sociology
I love my iPod. I work on a competing product but the simple fact is the iPod fits my usage model perfectly. Or maybe my usage model has been molded by iPod. One place I like my iPod most is in the car. On my drive to and from work I listen to podcasts of … Read more
…hi, Jake. aloha [posted with ecto]
Every family has two sides. There’s dad’s side of the family and mom’s side of the of family. I haven’t know very many families where the two sides meld into one. Families are always having to spend Christmas Eve at Dad’s house, Christmas afternoon at Mom’s or whatever. In my family growing up, we lived … Read more
Here in the second most liberal city in the nation there is a bumper sticker that I see fairly often. It says, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if schools had all the money they need and the Army had to have bake sales to buy bombs?” For the last two Army training courses I’ve been to, … Read more
The popular press has finally fingered Michael Moore as a propagandist. MTV’s review of Michael Moore’s latest attempt at movie making actually identifies the fact that Michael Moore is not being honest in his presentation of the topic. Kurt Loder does a great job of dispelling Moore’s assertion that socialized medicine is what America should … Read more
Get a box of kleenex before you read this. World War II veterans couldn’t talk about it. Neither could those who served in Korea. The guys who served in Vietnam did a little better but not much. Those are the words or the thoughts (or something very similar) of every soldier who has lost a … Read more
I have finished week one at 38B Reclass. So far, the course has been good. Teaching is, what I would call, a modified death by PowerPoint. All of the classes are taught from a PowerPoint presentation as is the Army Standard these days. However, the instructors assigned to our class are interesting and animated. They … Read more
So, today I’m off to Careers & Jobs > Advanced Individual Training”>Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for soldiers changing their MOS mid-career and prior service personnel coming over to the Army in the 38B MOS. AIT is typically a continuation of Basic Combat Training for new inductees, with Drill Sergeants, a high degree of control, with … Read more
This is a quick test of MacJournal to see what it’s editing capabilities are. Hum, template based export of journal entries. Not sure I’d like that for blogging. MacJournal might be pretty cool for journal writing though. We’ll have to play with it a bit and see. Smittie