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Yesterday, Mr. FN Floyd penned an excellent post about what makes America unique. Interesting thoughts and interesting contributions in the comments. Nothing at all to disagree with, but I was a mite surprised that nobody mentioned one particular aspect of America’s uniqueness. It’s the one that – to my mind anyway – is the most [...] The Restoring America rally is going on as I type – or maybe it’s just now over. Patriotism — hell even mere pride of place — has become passe to many Americans… something of which we are sometimes made to feel ashamed or reticent to talk about. To hell with that. I [...] While President Poopypants (thanks Scott M!) vacays somewhere… President and Mrs. Bush are putting their time to good use. They were in Maine Sunday and dropped by The Run For the Fallen. Here’s the story from WMTW Channel8: Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura surprised participants in the third annual “Run [...] Then again, not many people can claim to have that kind of unique view of the game. Hmmm, Outlaw, exactly where were you last night? The Rangers said the unidentified jumper was uninjured after he unbuckled himself from the chute and dropped a few feet to a work platform on top of the scoreboard, [...] In my Congress and the Presidency course tomorrow night… I’m slapping them upside the head with this. Take that muddle-headed public school product! Kapow! Follow me in November! (OK I’ll leave that last part out in class) He wasn’t able to tame the government to be sure, but bless him [...] Posted the link and some pictures last week, here’s the video. As someone who has made that walk three times now, I can tell you even if the former President isn’t there it means a great deal and is very touching to see all these people who show up. Share on Facebook (From CNN.com) NEW YORK (CNN) — Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday the city would not accept a $10 million donation for disaster relief from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal after the prince suggested U.S. policies in the Middle East contributed to the September 11 attacks. “I entirely reject that statement,” Giuliani said. “There is no moral equivalent [...] You can go to the theater and watch people pretend to be hard-asses or watch a TV show about real hard-asses (or do both I guess)…it’s up to you. The series starts this Wednesday, 18 AUG 2010 on the Discovery Channel. Share on Facebook Another Trooper awaits us at Outlaw put this in the comments to his Po-Po post below. It really deserves its own post. Share on Facebook It’s Ozz-Fest weekend ’round these parts, so a brief divergence from the Funky Friday Flashback. Solidarnosc, MFers!!! That’s right, Trzupek, you’ll dig the first video the most. Stosh, too. Video below the break because it’s autoplay: Share on Facebook They already had me at AC/DC, INXS and the Mad Max movies, but yet another reason to love our Aussie cousins. The event, dubbed Tour of Duty 2010, aims to ensure September 11 will not fade into the history books and also pay tribute to emergency services workers around the world. The man behind the [...] I sure do… George W and Laura Bush went to D/FW Airport today to greet some returning troops. More pics here from the USO Facebook page. Damn I miss that man. h/t: NRO The Corner Share on Facebook We’re all familiar with the number of dead on 9-11 — or its approximation — 3,000 total including over 2,700 in the World Trade Center attack. I had assumed that after nearly 9 years that most (well over most) remains had been recovered and identified. That assumption was wrong**. Human Remains Discovered Since 2006 About [...] I agree 100% with everything these Apache pilots say in this video. While it isn’t my unit and it’s Afghanistan and not Iraq, everything we do and say is for that guy on the ground. If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t be there. ATTACK! Video is via Bring The Heat, Bring the [...] General (ret.) Fred Franks – 2008 Not a new book (published in 1997) but new to me and a fascinating read, Into the Storm: A Study in Command was co-authored by Tom Clancy and General (ret.) Fred Franks. Franks, if you’re not familiar with him, led VII Corps during the First Gulf War, the [...] Every year in my summer courses around this time — and definitely in my Fall International Law seminar — I have to set the record straight when it comes to Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The “hate America crowd” loves to hit us over the head with Fat [...] Angel Flight: A brevity code used to describe a military flight returning a fallen comrade to his loved ones. Radney Foster, Darius Rucker and Darden Smith talk about the song Angel Flight. I believe I’ve posted the music video here before but this clip tells the story behind the music as it were. Share [...] Between IFC gifting us this summer with re-runs of Freaks and Geeks, and finally getting around to seeing The Runaways (much better than I ever expected … and I hate complimenting Dakota Fanning), simply cannot get enough of Joan Jett lately. Forgot how hard it is to find one favorite song from her working class, [...] This is awesome… not the way I’d train my employee, but these things don’t always work according to corporate’s plan. And I like the way the story is presented straight up — no editorializing that I noticed. Share on Facebook 3D — like IMAX — can be (and usually is) little more than a party trick unless used sparingly or in some way integral to the story. I can’t think of a better use for 3-D than this short film “City of Ruins” showing at The Warsaw Uprising Museum. It looks powerful. Here’s the [...] Notice the above… pretty cool postcard huh? Well it wasn’t just a measly postcard. No, it was much much more… See what it was below the fold: Share on Facebook Yet one more reason to encourage visiting central Pennsylvania. The PA Military Museum’s awesome by itself anyway, but as the nephew of a two-tour Marine Vietnam Vet, plan on hitting this event for sure next year. Saturday’s sweltering heat authenticated the skirmish as 10 re-enactors braved their mock Vietnam jungle — the Spring Creek foliage adjacent [...] Tonight in my Diplomatic History of the U.S. course I’ll briefly touch on our first Korean campaign in 1871 (we’re talking post-Civil War; Gilded Age diplomacy leading into World War 1) — or “Corea” as they liked to spell it. The above is Kwang Song-dong — an island fort — Korea’s strongest at the [...] It is available for download as a FREE PDF file HERE. Chapter 8 covers a significant emotional event that envolved my unit of assignment in 2006-07. Share on Facebook I’m sure someone can enlighten us as to how much the Musilm world contributed to this event. Administrator? Share on Facebook Ran across this when leafing through some James Gammon clips, and couldn’t let Don’s beyond good deed go unnoticed. Share on Facebook As Floyd alluded to an open thread comment, the libs who complain about Bush circumventing the Constitution would probably go into shock if they understood Abraham Lincoln a little better. Not only did Lincoln have Democrats in the Maryland legislature detained so they couldn’t vote to take the Old Line State into the Confederacy, Abe [...] Video via Big Hollywood It’s difficult for me to listen to this song, because it was used in the memorial service for several soldiers I have had the pleasure of knowing. Given that, even if you’ve heard this song many times you need to watch this clip from the CBS coverage of the 4th of [...] Check this dude out…I’d follow him into hell carrying a can of gasoline. Share on Facebook I’ve never watched a couple “refuel in mid-flight” before. And no… that’s not a euphemism. The plane (bottom) of Navy Lt. Jeff McLean is refueled over Pakistan by the plane of his wife of one year, Christine McLean, whom he has not seen in six months. The photograph was taken by his wingman. [...] From the Associated Press: Like most North Koreans, Son Jong Nam knew next to nothing about Christianity when he fled to neighboring China in 1998. Eleven years later, he died back in North Korea in prison, reportedly tortured to death for trying to spread the Gospel in his native land, armed with 20 bibles and 10 cassette [...] Check out this video and support Curt Shilling’s efforts to honor the veterans of D-Day. First. LT Richard Winters Leadership Project. Share on Facebook
Jerry Birchfield kisses the helmet of his nephew, Lance Cpl. Joshua Birchfield, after a memorial for Birchfield and Lance Cpl. Cody Stanley at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps center. Stanley died Oct. 28 in Now Zad, Afghanistan, and Birchfield died Feb. 19 in Farah province. While we were all celebrating [...] Last year I gave a speech on religious liberty and the particular contribution of three men: Roger Williams and two Baptist preachers named Isaac Backus and John Leland. Leland especially was instrumental in the drafting of the First Amendment and passage of the Bill of Rights and if not for him James Madison was [...] Here’s a great article from the National Park Service (from where I got the Open Thread pic) on the great Gettysburg 50 year reunion in 1913 for veteran’s of both sides hosted by Pennsylvania and eventually funded by the Feds when costs began to skyrocket. The largest combined reunion of Civil War veterans ever held occurred [...] Veterans of “Pickett’s Charge” (July 3, 1863 on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg) meet and shake hands over the stone wall at The Angle 50 years after the battle. Share on Facebook You may remember my lament about the state of awards for valor that was posted HERE. BlackFive and the Washington Post are reporting that we are about to have the first living recipiant of the Medal of Honor since Vietnam. First living Medal of Honor recipient since Vietnam I have a piece that just [...] What if General Patton — or his aide gave his speech to the Third Army today? Inspired by Rufus’ comment in his Giants post below… Of course… Patton would never be in a position to make a speech today probably…. Share on Facebook For a list of theaters and dates this film will open click “read more” below. I have read the companion book “WAR” and I would encourage anyone who would like to get an unvarnished look at what a group a paratroopers faced in Afghanistan, you can’t do much better than RESTREPO. Visit their homepage. Share [...] Great stuff from Hollywood! Some of my favorites, and more up at YouTube, too … Share on Facebook This guy is a real hero… and shows that true leadership is not often at the very upper echelons…. It’s a great story … go and read the entire thing. From The Christian Science Monitor: The blockade is being led by Jamie Hinton, the local volunteer fire chief who, at one point, was faced with the [...] |
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