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Entries from August 2008

“Tropic Thunder”, a Fun Movie with One Great Performance

August 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I went to see Tropic Thunder with no real knowledge of Ben Stiller’s body of work. I went because the premise of the movie intrigued me, and as a Viet Nam veteran I wanted to see how they treated the country and the people.

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Tags: Entertainment · Movies

It is the Future of New Orleans to be a Lake.

August 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I am perfectly willing to save taxpayers dollars by evacuating the people, blowing the dikes and levees, and forming a recreation area called Lake New Orleans. Move all the port, civil, and economic functions to higher ground and rebuild the city there.

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Tags: Society

Palin and the Old Fogies

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

While I’ve always been a fan of Romney, the rest of them, well, lackluster at best. So, if you have a drink today, please pause a moment and raise your glass in a toast to Sarah Palin, the woman who has put life and fun back into the election process.

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Tags: politics

Russia to Absorb South Ossetia and Maybe, Abkhazia

August 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The UK’s TimesOnLine
tells us that Russia will absorb South Ossetia so that its peoples would be one with its ethnic neighbor in North Ossetia, currently a part of Russia. How nice that Russia should be so concerned with a really small, insignificant group of people in another sovereign country.
Hey, it really makes sense [...]

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Tags: World Affairs

Obama Says Palin has no Experience

August 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

erhaps, Obama thinks his recent tour of Europe and a trip to Iraq makes him savvy in foreign policy. If that is true, then we should all be voting for Madonna, the Rolling Stones, The Who, and the hundreds of other rock groups that have spent far much more time in many more countries than Obama can name.

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Tags: politics

Why Sarah Palin?

August 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

What we end up with is the Republicans have a white male with tons of experience and a white woman with little experience opposed by the Democratic ticket of a black male with no experience and an old white man with lots of experience. Both tickets are balanced as to age and experience.

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Tags: Society · politics

The Army goes Blue and other random thoughts

August 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The blue uniform tradition goes back to the Revolutionary War and the style of the blue uniform is very similar to what was worn during the Civil War and after to near the turn of the century: the dark blue jacket and a light blue trousers.

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Tags: Society

Joe Biden Shows His Ignorance (and that of his staff)

August 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The original Obama quote stated that he thought we should send two additional brigades to Afghanistan. Joe, not only did you get the strength or the size of the unit wrong, but you also are casting Obama as a bit of a hawk in Afghanistan.

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Tags: politics

Medvedev Threatens Military Action over Missile Defense in Poland

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

With the US troops dispersed elsewhere, it looks like its up to NATO and EU. So far, these organizations have shown no muscle and no grit. Things are getting pretty tense here, let’s hope the presidential candidates show a solid strong response

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Tags: Society

Russia Recognizes Breakaway Provinces of Georgia

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

the stage is set for Mexico to recognize Arizona and Southern California and other traditional Spanish speaking areas of the US. Canada can have a close look at Seattle, and Miami can break away to its own independent state.

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Tags: Society · World Affairs