"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
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It seems I’ve been neglecting the blog again. So here are three unrelated (and uncalled for) comments: My government plans to celebrate the 4th anniversary of 9/11 with a march and country & western concert. Ah, and you have to register in order to participate (do you have to prove you have a yellow “support […]
This entry was posted by my co-blogger Dick, a writer and former squadron mate: I don’t have any trouble calling it “The War on Terrorism” and don’t want to get wrapped around the axle as to what it is and isn’t. For the most part, people accept it is not a “war” in the conventional […]
I want to comment on two articles I read in the New York Times. The first article is about random bag searches in NYC subway stations: Privacy Rights Are at Issue in New Policy on Searches As the New York Police Department begins randomly checking the bags and backpacks of people entering the city’s subway […]
Yesterday was the day the Defense Department, under court order, was supposed to release the rest of the Abu Ghraib photos and videos – the really bad ones (which we all just can’t wait to see). But the government refused to turn them over and is filing new appeals, arguing that their release will threaten […]
I should know better than to pontificate on terrorism within hours of a terrorist attack, as I did in my 7/7 entry, below. For example, writing about beheading Al Qaeda by taking out Osama bin Laden: what the hell do I know? This particular snake may very well live on without a head. And yet […]
Al Qaeda attacked the USA in 1993 (the first World Trade Center bombing), 1998 (the simultaneous bombing of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania), 2000 (the bombing of the USS Cole in Aden), and 2001 (the 9/11 attacks in New York City and Washington DC). Al Qaeda attacked Bali (and through Bali, Australia) in 2002. […]
I read this on one of my motorcycle forums this morning: I attended my first cousions funeral today. He was buried with full Military Honors in Bowling Green KY. He was killed in Bagdad Iraq on June 14. His Armored Humvee took a direct hit from a RPQ. The State Governor was there to pay […]
Here are some fascinating statistics, compiled by Arianna Huffington at The Huffington Post: Here are the number of news segments that mention these stories: (from a search of the main news networks’ transcripts from May 1-June 20). ABC News: Downing Street Memo: 0 segments Natalee Holloway: 42 segments Michael Jackson: 121 segments CBS News: Downing […]