http://hdlns.com/g1206 http://hdlns.com/rss_g1206.xml Military en-us Aggregation copyright hdlns (dot com), articles copyright original authors. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9145za29666180/NATO+backs+US+missile+shield+over+Russian+protest By PAUL AMES, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, December 3, 2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday affirmed their support for U.S. plans to install anti-missile defenses in Europe despite Russia's strong opposition. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9108za29658750/Helping+The+Fallen+Live+On A California sperm bank recently announced a one-year extension of a program that grants a year of free sperm storage for service members and civilian first-responders, along with a 50% discount on standard service fees. The company, Cryobank, says http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29658668/The+Gift+of+Life Cross-posted from Monkey in the Middle:This is posted at the request of TexasFred at TexasFred's, please read this and if you can help, I am certain it would be appreciated! Donations can be made at Carter Blood Care and their information can be foun http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29658667/Canadian%2C+huh%3F Don't those three look smug, and pleased with themselves? This picture is front and centre on newspapers Canada-wide under the huge header: 'It's a Done Deal.' Those three men, Jack Layton on the left, Stephan Dion in the middle, and Gilles Du http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29658666/Wednesday+Hero Spc. Matthew T. Morris23 years old from Cedar Park, Texas2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry RegimentApril 06, 2008'He was a very creative kid, and when he wasn't in a challenging environment, he tried to make life interesting,' Glenn Morris, father of http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29651095/Fa+la+la+la+la... No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29651097/Reaping+what+we%27ve+sown No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29651096/A+little+Gun+History+Lesson No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29623938/Somali+Pirates%3A+Bigger%2C+Bolder+and+Thwarted+by+NATO+ship Five merchant ships under attack by a dozen or so pirate small boats got help from an Italian warship and her helicopter and the intervention ended the attack. As reported here:Alerted by a distress call, the Italian navy destroyer put itself between http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29623937/Happy+Birthday+to+the+Naval+Armed+Guard Dec 2 is the anniversary of the first Naval Armed Guards reporting for duty to a merchant ship to act as a counterbalance to the submarines of World War II:The first Naval armed guard detachment (seven men under a coxswain) of World War II reports to http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9190za29540164/Taliban+are+%27patriots%2C%27+says+Pakistani+Army+official The Pakistani Army looks to the Pashtun tribes and the Taliban in the insurgency-racked northwest as tensions with India rise over allegations of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror assault. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9190za29609140/Indian+demands+Pakistan+turn+over+most+wanted Hafiz Saeed, Maulana Masood Azhar, and Dawood Ibrahim top the list. Other names on the list have been provided to The Long War Journal http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9190za29609141/Pakistani+Taliban+hit+NATO+convoys+for+third+consecutive+day The convoys are being hit in Peshawar, despite a recent operation designed to clear the Taliban from the region. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9108za29599438/Osama+Christmas OK, please forgive me for my weird, sick sense of humor, but when a Beirut Vet friend sent this to me, I laughed my tail off. So, now I want to share it with you. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9169za29592912/Absolute+proof+of+everything+I%27ve+ever+said+about+Elite+Liberals No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9159za29589020/The+McDouble%3F Conversation with a drive thru squawk box while making an office lunch run, in which theFrog finds herself shocked that she is surprised about Corporate stupidity. theFrog: ….and a double cheeseburger. SquawkBox: Would you rather get the McDou http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29580584/Rob+is+with+God+now No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29580585/Mumbai No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9120za29576313/RIP+Tanta Traveling tonight (leaving my beloved home state of Hawai'i nei) and heading back to Florida, but I just noticed, via Justin Fox, that the wonderful Doris Dungey, Tanta, of Calculated risk, has passed away, at the age of 47.If you enjoy watching the http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9145za29575373/Iraqi+Progress+in+2008+not+reported+by+Media by Chuck Norris Have you noticed lately that mainstream media are giving less attention to the war in Iraq, especially concerning our troops' progress? Who doesn't recognize by now that we live in a time in which there's little, if any, publishing http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9145za29575372/MUMBAI+Massacre+%3A+Deadly+Media+Euphemisms By ABRAHAM COOPER & HAROLD BRACKMAN THE international media have already morphed the horrific slaughter in Mumbai into the murky realm of euphemism and apologetics. Al Jazeera and The Guardian label the terrorists 'gunmen'; CNN calls them 'milit http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9092za29567248/A+curry+of+whup-a55 Watch the video.Now - if you wonder what an unarmed society opens itself to ..... in most places in the USA that have 'must carry' laws - someone would have been shooting back.Not in India - the wages of gunophobia. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29564587/Law+screws+up+pirate+fighting As set out in Legal flaws hinder piracy fight, warn lawyers:Flaws in anti-piracy laws and their enforcement are hampering the fight against ship hijacks that have claimed 40 vessels off the Somali coast this year, maritime lawyers and officials have http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9175za29563874/Mario+Kart+Love+Song When you're trying to explain the why of playing video games to your wife, this guy does the best job I've ever seen, now if only I could carry a tune. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9111za29563682/Hotel+Fire+Quote "We get a call from Marines that there’s a fire at a hotel. Our first thought is: What the hell did they do?!” - GySgt Howard Tait at Infantry Training Battalion, Camp Pendleton, California, relating the surprise that eight Marines i http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9111za29563681/Say+what%3F+Where%3F Fox News Headline: "20,000 Uniformed Troops Inside the United States by 2011" Really? So where the heck have the rest of them been all these years? Or were we considered "un-uniformed"? Heh. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9111za29563680/General+Jones A Marine general in the White House! Cool! The milbloggers will either die of happiness or call him a traitor. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9111za29563684/Notes Today is full of random notes huh? I gotta clean them up sometime... 1. By April 1st 2009, there should be a list of Fancy-Pants private colleges and universities who are willing to cover their excess tuition that will not be paid for by the new http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9111za29563683/Korean+War+Grossness From the Marine Corps Times issue with the "What Would Chesty Do?" cover story: "...unlike many of the policymakers of today, Chesty would not have shied away from showing the human cost of war. At Chosin, Chesty needed to bury 117 Marines, but th http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9178za29541979/Mumbai+Gunmen+Spared+Some+Hostages%27On+the+20 Mumbai Gunmen Spared Some Hostages'On the 20th floor, the gunmen shoved the group out of the stairwell. They lined up the 13 men and three women and lifted their weapons. 'Why are you doing this to us?' a man called out. 'We haven't done anything to http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9106za29538435/Rosa+Parks%3A+This+date+in+1955 Rosa Parks Originally uploaded by okreitz. It was today in 1955 that Rosa Parks, tired of giving in, stayed seated on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.My how far we have come, and how far we still have to go... http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29534110/Monday+Reading Fred Fry's Maritime Monday 138 is up at gCaptain.com, with a look at Lauritzen Lines ships and enough other stuff to make you put off Monday's work until Tuesday.CDR Salamander puts up Sid's Christmas booklist. Lots of suggestions in the comments, an http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29534109/Somali+Pirates%3A+Cruise+ship+hijacking+attempt+thwarted As reported in International force stops pirates hijacking cruise ship:International coalition warships stopped Somali pirates from hijacking a luxury cruise ship in the Gulf of Aden at the weekend, the Danish navy said Monday.A Danish navy spokesman http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9145za29533730/India+Security+Faulted+as+Survivors+Tell+of+Terror At Tourist Haunts and Train Station, Swiftly Launched Assault Overwhelmed Police; Home Affairs Minister Steps Down By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV, GEETA ANAND, PETER WONACOTT and MATTHEW ROSENBERG-- As waiters started setting dinner buffets in Mumbai's luxurio http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9175za29525008/Thanksgiving+2008+take+one I woke this morning (actually Thanksgiving morning) to the smell of a smorgasbord of pies baking in the oven, crashed out on my mom's couch, my nephews Corbin and Mason were sitting on the floor looking up at me. 'Uncle Sean, you snore!' Yup, I'm h http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9092za29523079/Sid%27s+Christmas Earlier this year, I asked one of the 32nd Degree Salamanders, Sid, to recommend a 'Top 5' list of books that everyone interested in the Navy should own. Sid always has a very keen eye on history, naval literature, and a general sound sense of himse http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9089za29521496/Real+American+Heroes Unfortunately, I have no idea how to upload this so you can read it. You can click on the picture and it will take you to a separate page where you can read the information about this Hero.There is no need to say more...AG http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9108za29520848/Close+Guantanamo%3F   With the approaching inauguration of President-Elect Obama there is increasing talk of closing Guantanamo Bay. As a military mom, nothing riles me more than that topic. So Guantanamo is closed, what then? Do we simply let the detainees go or do we http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29517149/Fark+Minisub+Photoshop+Thread The T-shirt ain’t too bad… http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29517153/A+Bittersweet+Retirement Kim du Toit and Connie du Toit are both retiring from blogging, as they promised to do, tonight. I was but an occasional reader of both, but whenever I did dive into the oeuvre du Toit it was good water: polished writers with irascibility, urgency an http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29517148/David%26%238217%3Bs+Medienkritik+has+an+interview+with+Brent+Scowc David’s Medienkritik has an interview with Brent Scowcroft. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29517152/Guilty+Pleasure I can’t wait to see the Countercolumn reaction to this entertainingly nasty little shiv thrust by Ron Rosenbaum. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29517151/I+Didn%3Ft+Know+Twinkies+Were+On+The+Dim+Sum+Menu+In+1000+BC reports also indicate that along w/the 789 grams of marijuana, researches found some rice rolling papers and a three thousand year old half-eaten twinkie. Is the twinkie still fresh? http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29517150/Also+from+Fark%2C+a+human+interest+piece+about+British+Trident Also from Fark, a human interest piece about British Trident boats and nuclear weapon type stuff. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29517154/Apparently+it%26%238217%3Bs+Whack-A-Journalism-Professor+Day+here Apparently it’s Whack-A-Journalism-Professor Day here on the Internets. First Jarvis, now some guy who tangled with Mark Steyn about easily provable items. Lots of bad ethics to look at, too, which Steyn stomps. Exile in Portales has a summa http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9106za29513783/Puddles http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29511731/Daily+funny No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29511730/What+a+long%2C+strange+trip+%28it+still+is%29 No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29511399/Sunday+Ship+History%3A+The+Battle+of+Tassafaronga As Americans end their Thanksgiving weekend, filled with news stories of economic gloom and doom and terror troubles around the world in India and other places, while there is good news from Iraq, it is a good time to remember past troubles and know http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9190za29510838/Captured+Mumbai+attacker+implicates+Pakistani+military%2C+intel Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Ajmal Amir Kasab said the Pakistani Navy and Dawood Ibrahim's criminal network aided in the attack, while information shows the terrorists made phone calls to senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29506754/Winston+Churchill%3A+Needed+More+Than+Ever+Today On this day in 1874, a child was born in England who would ultimately change the course of world history: Winston Churchill.Part of my childhood was spent as a resident of the neighbourhood for which Churchill was a Member of Parliament. As I grew up http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9092za29502921/Sunday+Funnies Hat tip Over-the-hill-spook. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9108za29492723/I+Have+PTSD+%28MTV%27s+True+Life%29 Over the last few months, MTV's show "True Life" has followed my oldest son, Kenny, around from time to time. They are doing a show on soldiers coming back from Iraq with PTSD. When MTV left a message on my blog months ago asking for h http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9108za29492722/My+Prescription+to+Address+Soldiers+and+Veterans+Issues Revamp screening process for returning soldiers, the system as it stands detracts and dissuades soldiers from reporting traumatic stress and depression, thus impeding effective assessment. After a negative report of mental illness, the soldier will http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29492475/Every+Day+Heroes Meet HM2 Luis Fonseca: HA Luis Fonseca, from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade's Task Force Tarawa, was awarded the Navy Cross for bravery during the battle of Al-Nasiriyah, Iraq, on March 23, 2003. On that http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29491838/Shopping+for+Soldiers%27+Angels No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29491840/Daily+funny No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29491839/Prayers+needed No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9190za29489264/US+military+defines+Mahdi+Army+as+%27militia+insurgency+group%27 The move may signal a change in posture against the Mahdi Army and Muqtada al Sadr. It also highlights the decline of the Sadrist movement over the past two years. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29489014/Terrorism+from+the+Sea%3A+Mumbai+terrorists+use+hijacked+ship+to+make+India+l The Mumbai terrorists hijacked a ship at sea in order to make their approach to India, according to this report:On November 18, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) intercepted a satellite phone conversation, in which a so-far unidentified caller not http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9089za29488504/Guest+Post+by+JSI%3A+The+Serpent%27s+Call I spent all day yesterday watching the news and the happenings in Mumbai, India so it's not surprising that I had crazy nightmares last night. My nightmares are more frustrating to me than anything. These are particularly stressful because they don http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9178za29483076/Pirates.++Lots+of+%27em.Nick+Davis+has+been+making Pirates. Lots of 'em.Nick Davis has been making the rounds on the news shows promoting his firm Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions that uses non-lethal methods to prevent pirate attacks. Matter of fact, he had a report on VOA earlier this week http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9178za29483075/The+Good+StuffI%27ve+noticed+that+quite+a+few+of+m The Good StuffI've noticed that quite a few of my blog posts tend toward the negative. Whining about this or that. I guess that comes because, not being a regular diarist, I need a little extra motivation to write. Things that spin me up tend to p http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9111za29481924/Pyramids+in+the+Morning Egypt 2008 http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9111za29481923/This+Week%2C+you+still+suck This Week decided to get me one more time before turning into Next Week.For a reason I no longer remember, I was racing down the hall to my room and when I grabbed the door handle, it didn't turn as quickly as it usually does. So the door didn't open http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9092za29481586/What+he+said+... If you are sickened by the people who only like those in the military when they can be seen as victims - this SEAL has something to say to them.Hat tip BLACKFIVE. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9145za29480108/Muslim+Terrorists+in+Mumbai+were+well+trained New York Times By KEITH BRADSHER MUMBAI, India ' As Prasan Dhanur prepared his 13-foot boat on Wednesday evening for a hard night of fishing, he saw something strange. A black inflatable lifeboat equipped with a brand new Yamaha outboard motor thre http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9108za29478473/Episode+47+BACK+IN+BLACK+The+Sgt.+Freedom+Campaign He's back - WITH A VENGEANCE!! Welcome back, bro! If you're wondering who Cadillac Rock Box is, check out their website. They have an awesome sound! http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9108za29478472/My+ungraceful+fall Well, I think I can hold my hands up enough got get this typed out. On November 19th the day was going well. I had dropped and hooked in Orange, TX and was in Avondale, LA. I was going to drop that trailer and grab one going back to Pascagoula, http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9108za29478471/Support+T.A.M.P.A.+Marines My father is a JROTC instructor down in Tampa, Fl. He is a retired Navy Command Master Chief and continues to serve. He recently received an email from the mother of one of his first students. She is the founder of T.A.M.P.A. (Tampa Area Marine Pa http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29478211/Valour-IT%3A+It+Isn%27t+Over From Laughing Wolf at Blackfive comes this: In the immortal words of our founder: What? Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Er, sorry, wrong founder. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29478210/Why%3F That is the question being asked today. Why did over 150 people have to die with hundreds more wounded. Why did a group of savages attack 2 hotels, a hospital, a train station and a Jewish Center? Other than instill terror into the nation of India, w http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29478212/Mumbai%3A+%27Unless+we+stop+it...%27 Yuva HindustaThe shooting in Mumbai (Bombay) is apparently over, and even as the blood still runs in the streets, political pundits and talking heads rush to declare the 'who, what, why, and how'.One local paper says: 'Who's the brain behind the Mu http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29475402/Progressive%3F++Wasn%3Ft+That+Roosevelt%3F I may have lent out my copy of Liberal Fascism, but its author highlights a good point here about President Wilson to remind me about the themes. Wilson’s a hero to some professors under whom I studied. I never learned this stuff from them; in http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29475401/Mark+Steyn+makes+sense+today.%0AThere+was+a+photograph+that+ap Mark Steyn makes sense today. There was a photograph that appeared in many of the British papers, taken by a Reuters man and captioned by the news agency as follows: 'A suspected gunman walks outside the premises of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus o http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29475400/Via+Lex%2C+a+good+read+about+Afghanistan+in+the+context+of+Ano Via Lex, a good read about Afghanistan in the context of Another Bad Antiwar Movie. Contains stuff like this: What the hell happened to 'I'm more likely to get hit by a bus in Santa Monica?' ' I shouted at Rory over the phone. 'I am more likely to g http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29475404/This+is+a+pretty+good+concept+for+a+music+video.++I+especial This is a pretty good concept for a music video. I especially like the guy painting the little white line on the bottom there. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29475399/These+are+pretty+interesting+seed+packets+someone+found+in+a These are pretty interesting seed packets someone found in an abandoned building and have made a living selling in frames. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9094za29475403/Reform%21 I’ve been grousing about how the Navy needs to reform some things, such as the ability to build ships quickly and cheaply and in numbers that allow credible presence. It could be worse. And might be. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9190za29474445/US+strike+in+North+Waziristan+kills+3 The latest attack hit a safe house just north of Miramshah, an area where the Haqqani Network holds sway. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9190za29474446/Indian+commandos+end+62-hour+siege+of+Mumbai Officials said 195 people have been killed, including 22 foreigners, and more than 300 are reported wounded so far. A captured terrorist said the attack was organized by the Lashkar-e-Taiba and originated in Pakistan. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9089za29472783/I+%2Aheart%2A+CNN Today, I actually had to work. So yes, while all of you were out shopping, I was paying especially close attention to the news... both CNN and that OTHER station.Interestingly... every hour at least once an hour, CNN aired the Iraq and Afghanistan Ve http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9100za29463941/Zoom%21 No, not the full afterburner aerospace war-machine kind of zoom, but zoom as in lenses! I love ‘em! Paris, Eiffel Tower, with a regular 18-55mm lens, regular setting: Switch to the 75-300mm zoom, run all the way up for maximum effect: And do a http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9100za29463940/Photo+Blogging+-+Tomcat+and+Sun+sets+rises Thanksgiving is always a wonderful time of the year - the fun and pomp and circumstance and festive-ness (Festivus?) without all the stress of Christmas.  We didn’t get too many pictures of the family yesterday, but I did get up early and head http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9145za29462905/Attack+on+Mumbai+finally+crushed.. Siege over at Taj hotel in Mumbai More than 150 people die after gunmen attack 10 sites across Mumbai The Associated Press updated 10:33 p.m. ET, Fri., Nov. 28, 2008 MUMBAI, India - Police said the siege at the Taj Mahal hotel is over, bringing an e http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9092za29459651/The+proper+farewell http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29454691/Daily+funny No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9111za29447536/This+week%2C+you+sucked It started off with a long, tiring overnight mids shift directly followed by a PFT. It wasn't for score, which is good because it was my worst one ever. Later on the other Marines tried to make me feel better by saying the smog and blowing sand are http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9106za29442846/Black+Friday+at+the+office%3A+Everyone+must+be+out+shopping Screen shot of the status of my MS Communicator contacts today, the day after Thanksgiving. It speaks for itself. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9106za29442847/Five+men+barricade+themselves+in+their+Mumbai+hotel+room Mumbai Taj Hotel During Terrorist Attack Originally uploaded by EmploymentCrossing. Jeremy Kahn and Meg Bortin: Counting the Hours in Room 2324.And how do they keep hydrated for 36 hours?As the hours wore on, the men grew hungry and thirsty. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9092za29437620/Fullbore+Friday Earlier this month a rare man passed. Let's give him his due.Les Sayer flew in a 120mph part-fabric Swordfish biplane which crucially damaged the 50,000-ton vessel, the most feared in the world with eight 15-inch guns.Mr Sayer was a telegraphist air http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29434919/Somali+Pirates%3A+Liberian-flagged+Chemical+Tanker+Captured Reported here:Armed Somali pirates have hijacked a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime official confirmed on Friday. Andrew Mwangura, East Africa's coordinator of the Seafarers Assistance Progra http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29434921/Somali+Pirate+Maps Someone at the UN Satellite office went a lot of trouble to produce the pretty picture shown below (click on it to make it bigger). It comes from here (pdf).Comment: This 3D perspective map illustrates the relative spatial density of reported pirate http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9176za29434920/Sierra+Leone%3A+Pirates+attack+fishing+vessel+but+get+taken+down+by+Sierra+Le Reported as Sierra Leone pirates attack Chinese vessel:Police spokesman Mohamed Samura says four of the eight pirates were killed early Wednesday in a clash with the Sierra Leone navy. Two were shot and two drowned. The other pirates were arrested. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9190za29432175/Analysis%3A+Mumbai+attack+differs+from+past+terror+strikes The military-style terror attack on Mumbai is entering its third day as Indian forces are still working to clear gunmen from several locations in the city. The scope and depth of the attack is unprecedented. http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9179za29428325/Daily+funny No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9106za29417065/The+President-Elect%27s+take+on+foreign+policy Leapin' for Obama Originally uploaded by Delta Niner. Interesting opinion piece by E. J. Dionne, Jr., in the Washington Post titled Obama's Bush Doctrine. He writes,What's most striking about Obama's approach to foreign policy is that he is l http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9106za29417064/May+you+have+a+blessed+Thanksgiving%3A+What+I+give+thanks+for The day is done. As I write this, lights are flickering off around the neighborhood, everyone turning in to face tomorrow. Many of these people enjoyed a Rockwell Thanksgiving today. Roasted turkey and a table overflowing with the bounty of the land http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9098za29416824/Black+Friday Sitting here in line at the store at 4am. Just finished waiting 2 hours just to get into this store. Am I here by choice? Hell no. I'm here for the wife.I'm no fan of shopping like this, but she needed the help and she does save hundreds http://hdlns.com/g1206zf9144za29410547/LT+Michael+Kenneth+Housdan+Fussell As the world watches the tragic events unfold in Mumbai, Australia is again reminded of the sacrifices made by so many to fight the scourge of Terrorism worldwide.At 6pm last night we recieved the tragic news that we had lost another Digger in Afghan