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Category: Geezer Alert!

  • Remember this?

    I dunno if If I’ve posted this….


    Feel free to dismiss the video, but please DO NOT dismiss the impetus?

  • Silly Marine?

    OWB alerted me to this a while ago, but I didn’t keep track.

    My name is Jamie Summerlin and I’m a 39-year-old former Marine from West Virginia.

    On March 26, 2012, I will start a 100-day cross country run as a fundraiser to support my fellow military members through the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) and other Veteran’s organizations. It’s going to take 30-40 miles a day to complete the run, starting in Coos County, Oregon, where my wife is from, and finishing on July 4, 2012 in Annapolis MD, a total of just over 3300 miles.

    Everyone I have talked to has said I am slightly insane, but they support me 100%. My wife is behind me completely as well, which makes this all the more possible.

    OWB and her crowd helped him move through her patch in Charleston and now I have to get organized to, at least, cheer him on.

    Looks like overnight stops are planned for Gassaway, Jane Lew,  and Morgantown. if I can find him I WILL have pictures.

    Minor update: I’m aiming for Jane Lew this Saturday.

  • Questions That Don’t Get Asked Enough: Who Is A Veteran?

    This post just might get me dumped at TAH? Paranoia strikes deep?

    We have two formal institutions in this country that deal with Vets. The DVA and those programs for our retired military.

    Each involves a set of bureaucrats, and yet they each stumble rather a lot. Anyone Surprised? Jonn has an agenda that may not survive. The noise about trimming Tricare is only temporarily abated.

    Here’s the thing… Who in DC has the nerve to meld the two?

    If our President, who never served in any military capacity gets re-elected what will get cut? This question is not the ravings of some crazy. President Obama’s second term is generating some non-trivial questions, not the least of which has to do with us? A second term means HE will decide…

    Gonna refer back to a post I offered on the broader issue. Can’t leave Russ out either. Some vets are proactive.

    Still… Do YOU want a voice? SOS is offering one.

  • Weird Headline?

    Dunno quite what to say?

    Israel get’s dumped?

    The United States blocked Israel’s participation in the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s (GCTF) first meeting in Istanbul on Friday, despite Israel’s having one of the most extensive counterterrorism experiences in the world.

    Israel was excluded from the meeting due to fierce objections by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Washington-based source told Globes news.

    Not much to add.  Draw your own conclusions.

    Why does this fit at TAH? YMMV

  • Special Operations Speaks

    SEAL Captain Larry Bailey is at it again!

    From their mission statement:

    SOS is configured as a “Super Political Action Committee” (Super PAC) that will enable it to exert maximum influence as an advocate for the election of Mitt Romney as President of the United States.  Subsequent to the 2012 campaign, SOS will continue to exert pressure on behalf of the Special Operations community.

    Of particular interest to SOS is the urgency of maintaining the level of secrecy that has heretofore been a hallmark of Special Operations.  The recent leaking of highly classified information from the offices of the Commander-in-Chief himself clearly indicates the need to protect sensitive information from the public (and enemy’s) eye.  SOS will educate the public and its representatives in the US Congress about this issue.

    Until November 6, 2012, SOS will organize and execute operations designed to help elect Mitt Romney and to defeat Barack Hussein Obama.

    Respectfully suggest you bookmark the site and visit it often.  I will. NB: The website is new and under development ! Larry’s name is not featured prominently yet.

    Yeah it IS politics, but Larry swings a HUGE hammer.

    Slight disclaimer: Opted not to credit the source out of privacy concerns.

    ETA: Just talked briefly to Larry… This IS his baby (said he) and that is good enough for me.

  • Back in The Philippines Again?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Me and a friend in Alongapo, PI circa 1966.
    Philippine government gives OK for US to use old bases, newspaper reports

    The Philippine government said this week that the United States military is again welcome to use Subic Bay and the sprawling Clark Air Base, two decades after the installations were abandoned due to political friction with Manila, according to media reports.

    I always thought that Mount Pinatubo blowing its top had much to do with our leaving?

    Regardless, this story brings back some memories,  although a bit unlike those associated with Danang and Cam Ranh Bay AND I have found my PI pix.

  • Oddly Apro(Poe)s…

    “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” –John Adams

  • Past As Prologue?

    Yeah I’m paraphrasing Shakespeare… not the first methinks?

    Over in Russia they have a non-bloody way of dealing with protestors – fine ’em!

    Can’t avoid thinking about Tiananmen Square and Syria. You can read about the Russian effort here.

    Not gonna support the effort directly, but it does seem to have a sweet  capitalist bent?