Morning Reference for the MilBloggies

Just wanted to post this link from Ace of Spades so all the folks at the MilBlog Convention have a better understanding of their condition this morning…one of these days I’m going to that thing…have a few for me!

The Race Card

So Whoopi Goldberg decided she’d play the race card (again).  Well, Whoopti-Doo!  Whoopi, honey, it’s been over-played.  By you, by Janeane Garafolo, by Chris “Tingles” Matthews and by every other liberal that can’t defend the President’s actions and policies with facts or logic. Stop calling me racist.  It’s old, and it’s trite.  Stop trying to [...]

Weekly Update From The Frontlines (MAR 21-27, 2011)

THE FRONTLINES OF AFGHANISTAN Taliban insurgents kidnapped 50 Afghan police officers in an ambush in northeastern Afghanistan. Insurgent forces in the Helmand province attacked an American unit with small arms fire, killing SPC. Justin Ross of Wisconsin. Other ISAF members were killed in separate attacks using IEDs and small arms fire. Since our last report [...]

Traumatic Brain Injury-Disturbing Trends

According to the RAND Study (2008), as of September 2008, there were more than 22,000 Veterans being compensated for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), of whom more than 5,800 were Veterans of the current wars, and TBI is estimated to affect some 20 percent of U.S. service members injured in Iraq or Afghanistan. Most of the [...]

The intellectual irrelevance and damaging effect of political parties

Academically, I don’t believe parties to be necessary whatsoever. But I realize that it’s easier; it’s lazy and it’s ultimately become the American way to rely not on the specific positions of a candidate or your own views as a voter, but on the party you support. Politics has increasingly morphed into less about ideas [...]

11 days to make your voice heard

If you are military or prior military and want to rant, vent or just let your opinion about politics be heard as we count down the 11 days until the mid-term election, here is your chance. MilitaryPundits.com wants YOU!!! If you would like to be heard and let the world know that someone who has [...]

The tea party….hangover, or still rolling along?

The GOP civil war is rather interesting to view from the sidelines. Karl Rove first came out against the tea party success, being the old school Republican stalwart that he is. Then by all appearances, took an on-air drubbing by Rush Limbaugh….and conveniently softened his position. The problem I have with O’Donnell and others of [...]

Country Singer On Hiatus

Hello Military Pundits readers! I just wanted to pop in to let everyone know that I will resume contributing when I return from somewhere in the Middle East. While I know that it is commonplace for deployed soldiers to blog, I am unfortunately under direct orders to not blog while deployed due to the nature [...]

Better than a Pinewood Derby

Where was this program when my middle son was wanting to drop out of Boy Scouts, which he eventually did. I can guarantee you he would still be in and probably be the top Scout had they offered this in pack 93. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.htmlThe responding officers — eight teenage boys and girls, the youngest 14 — [...]

Hero or Troll? Olbermann loves this guy, and that says a lot *UPDATED*

Keith Olbermann has provided us with a new folk hero to compete with Joe the Plumber. I would like for you to meet “Jeff the Unemployed Blogger,” Olbermann’s nickname for the man who attended a Tea Party in Pensacola, Florida… but not because he wanted to add his voice to their call. His real name [...]