There is a comment here as well as an interesting video with Rumsfeld.
The Comment:
“I can’t believe the same crowd that wanted Abu Ghraib pictures endlessly published find a photo confirming Osama bin Laden’s demise to be possibly inflammatory.”
I’m on record as saying the release of The Real pix serves little good purpose, but… This juxtaposition hadn’t occurred to me.
Nah, it ain’t quite the same, but still it is a valid comparison.
No link here, but Drudge is offering something sold to Reuters.
If the shithead that sold these pix isn’t prosecuted soonest the conspiracy types WILL have a field day.
Releasing this kind of info serves no good purpose… except to fill some purse!
Damn… At least a swabbie won.
The 5th Annual MILBloggies results are in and winners are
Best U.S. Army Blog – Chief Wiggles
Best U.S. Military Spouse Blog – Ben and Katie
Best U.S. Military Parent Blog – My Yellow Ribbon
Best U.S. Military Supporter Blog – From Cow Pastures To Kosovo
Best U.S. Marine Corps Blog – One Marine’s View
Best U.S. Navy Blog – USNI Blog
Best U.S. Coast Guard Blog – Coast Guard Compass
Best U.S. Air Force Blog – I’m big in Japan
Best U.S. Military Veteran Blog – Neptunus Lex
Best U.S. Reporter Blog – The Unknown Soldiers
Only one I voted for won.
Aside: I had to miss this conference at the last minute (literally), but I really wanted to see our host give the acceptance speech during his enforced sobriety. Oh well… Maybe next year?
For some reason I’ve had beer on my mind a lot lately? Might be because of the lovely intestinal bug I’m just getting over?
So I’ve been compiling beer stories, beer factoids, and even beer related music.
Let’s begin with some beer history courtesy of The Beer Institute.
Its origins are lost somewhere in the stone age, long before history was recorded. Anthropologists can only guess how it happened, and their guesswork goes something like this: once, in the camp of some nomadic hunter-gatherers, there was a supply of wild grain, painstakingly collected for food. Somehow, possibly in a sudden rainstorm, a pool of warm water formed where the grain was stored. In a short time the grain fermented, turning the water into a thick dark liquid. Some adventurous soul among these primitive people sampled the liquid, and found that it tasted good.
More recently there’s the story of the Iowa man who completed a 46 day Beer Lenten Beer fast. This feat generated an article in Slate asking how long such a diet could last? This rather profound question has crossed my mind before.
While doing my research I also found some interesting uses for beer. I’m sure you might have others?
Then there’s the musical aspect. There are several choices, but I’ll go with this one.
The Lego Beer Song
TSO and i will be at the MilBlog Conference in Arlington this weekend. My son is also flying out to Korea tomorrow on his birthday. He has a year over there with a follow-on assignment to Kaiserslautern, Germany. So I’ll miss part of the conference to take him to BWI.
But I can’t miss the reception tonight, otherwise I’d miss the fashion show. Jimbo is also supposed to bringing the cigars. He’d better not blow it. Since alcohol is off my diet these days, cigars are all I have left.
I can’t wait to see old friends and make some new ones;
I’m taking my camera this year, so there should be plenty of pictures for you Monday morning.
There are 11 other people who can post here, so keep stopping back.
This really isn’t new, and Charlie Reese may not be THE conservative voice in some things, but I can’t find a single flaw with this position. I really don’t care if Mr. Reese actually said this.
I give you a reality check from one convenient source.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don’t write the tax code. Congress does. You and I don’t set fiscal policy. Congress does. You and I don’t control monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices – 545 human beings out of the 235 million – are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I really can’t add much. Except – I wish I’d said that.
[Edit to Add] NSOM reminded me of a probative quote:
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
H. L. Mencken
And the logical next question. Now What?
Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Coffee Prices Hit 34-Year High!
Coffee prices are at a 34-year high — $3 a pound.
To be sure this ain’t the only thing going up, but THIS may actually impact the urban socialists in a way that’ll get their attention?
Probably not… But the idea is entertaining. I say we cut off their electricity. Let them do windmills and solar to run their AC and compters, but I DO like the idea of them complaining at their local Starbucks.
Top 10 U.S. Shariah infiltrations, Part 2
While all eyes this week are on London’s royal couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, my eyes were on an opening statement from the U.K.’s Daily Mail Reporter: “Women who do not wear headscarves are being threatened with violence and even death by Islamic extremists intent on imposing shariah law on parts of Britain.”
And even though I’m hesitant to mention Pastor Terry Jones and Chuck Norris in the same post, the recent events in Detroit should be ringing alarms bells too.
Is Sharia Law in this country our most immediate threat – probably not, but we certainly need to acknowledge that it IS a threat.