You guys gotta see this: First Draft – Freeway Bloggin In Afghanistan Commenter joe_christmas write in comments: why don’t our troops support themselves? Too funny…
And they go marching off to war…
3 Days and a Wake Up. In three days, my niece will board a plane and ship off to Army bootcamp. Considering the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, this will…
Tuxology: A New Religion?
BadTux, that snarky penguin, has a couple of posts up regarding Tuxology, the new religion whose diety du jour is The Great Penguin. What makes this religion different from others…
A Little Test
Let’s see how you all would react to the following scenario: Imagine, if you will, that you have an adult child who is by and large considered a criminal. He/she…
Hey! Israel!
Fuck You! No, really, fuck you. You have created a huge mess that is doing more to destabilize the region than to “defend” yourselves from attack. I mean, what the…
Welcome friends from Shakespeare’s Sister!
I’d like to welcome all of you who have found your way here via Shakespeare’s Sister! I stumbled upon her place just barely a month or so after starting this…
PTSD again rears its ugly head
As if there weren’t already scores of examples of the damage done to our troops psyches, here is yet another fine example. CNN.com reports that A U.S. Army soldier who…
Asshat of the Week Award – Un-Free Speech edition
It’s been awhile since I did an AOTW Award post, so I figure I’ll give you all a little chuckle with this one. Today’s AOTW Award comes to us from…
Just a little survey…. Or is it?
A suburb of Milwaukee (my city of residence) recently hit the local newspaper courtesy of a group called Students for Unity. The town in question is Port Washington, WI. Students…
Casualties of War
Burned and bleeding, cracked and peeling, body broken, senses reeling. Tears are falling, children calling, parents dying, death appalling. Windows shattered, tables scattered, ripped apart those, signs are tattered. Car…