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"The society which separates its scholars from its warriors, will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."–Thucydides
A friend pointed out to me that “Myanmar” was actually introduced as a name by the military junta ruling Burma; the U. S. State Department (rightly) refuses to recognize their authority, or the new name.
Also, my mother has asked that I point out that the reason I haven’t seen my copy of 300 since I loaned it to them is that I haven’t been to visit them. 🙂
I won’t even try to say it better.
Not only did he make the mistake of stating that diplomacy with Iran was not diplomacy with terrorists, but he also restated this set of lies about John McCain’s position on diplomacy with Hamas.
Of course, one of his aides on FOX news, while attempting to promote Obama as Change Incarnate, actually stated that an Obama cabinet would take exactly the same tactic of dealing with Iran that we’ve already taken. He even said, “We’ll tell them exactly what Bush’s own Secretary of State has already told them…”
He also challenged John McCain and President Bush to a debate about “protecting the nation” (snicker)… Ah, that William F. Buckley passed before this chance!
President George W. Bush’s EEEVIL plot to amass personal wealth by invading foreign countries and stealing thier oil seems to have backfired.
Okay, obviously the real issues involved are the catastrophic tropical cylone, the related death toll, and the military junta’s opposition to foreign aid. But as I follow news coverage in my office, I can’t help but notice that every TV and internet outlet continues to refer to Myanmar as “Burma.”
Seriously, they changed the name in 1989. Catch up, folks!
The United States Marine Corps has sentenced SSgt Tyrone L. Hadnot to four years in prison for “abusive sexual misconduct” with a 14 year old girl. According to Hadnot’s statement, he held the girl in place and kissed her–and the girl herself is pressing no charges.
But this was apparently enough to sentence SSgt Hadnot to four years in prison, and severely restrict all Marine Corps off-base activity pending a review of “sexual misconduct policy.”
Hm. My first question is, where did this meeting take place? I’m betting on a Kadena nightclub which isn’t supposed to allow minors in in the first place.
The U. S. Army is in the testing phase of a new exoskeleton technology–probably inspired by movies like The Matrix Revolutions and Aliens. It looks really promising so far, but given the $26 million spent on R&D for the XM8–a project which was completely scrapped just prior to actual fielding–I’m not confident of seeing any of these in the battlefield anytime soon.
I have suspended training with the Sanctuary of Ma’at until further notice…
Producer Tim DeGuzman set this montage to Taylor Hick’s “Do I Make You Proud?” I found it on Michelle Malkin’s website, dedicated quite wonderfully to Michelle “I have never been proud of America” Obama.
The polar bear has been officially listed as an endangedered species. This means that not only will we have a lot more trouble accessing oil deposits in Alaska, but we are now legislating based on global warming alarmism–rather than what is actually happening. That is, the polar bear isn’t actually endangered yet; it has been listed because enviornmental socialists are predicting that it will become endangered due to global warming.
The precedent has been set.
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