Bookworm on Aug 04 2008 | Filed under: Military
The Dems, aided by old whats her name — um, Gwyneth Paltry — have put together an endless, repetitious ad urging registered voters living oversees to make sure that they vote for Obama. I have no problem with that. If you have constituents living abroad, you should try to reach them. But why, why, why, [...]
Bookworm on Jul 16 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama
Obama campaign is clearly a masterful example of the illusionist’s art. As you may recall, he managed to get the press to tout one of his rallies as one of the largest political rallies ever, although it subsequently emerged that it was mostly a big rock band event. He’s also barred women in Islamic veils [...]
Bookworm on Jul 15 2008 | Filed under: Media matters
The press continues to shape public perceptions, but people are starting to wise up to the fact that the press often has no idea what it’s doing (especially when it comes to military matters) and that it either outright lies or misrepresents through omission. The Confederate Yankee just found a photographic example in which the [...]
Bookworm on Jun 26 2008 | Filed under: Military
A couple of days ago, I let you know about a way you could support the troops by sending words of thanks. Today, I want to remind you about the Webathon for the troops. Michelle Malkin describes it thusly:
I’ll be in beautiful Mountain View, CA all day today for “From the Frontlines,” our ground-breaking web-a-thon [...]
Bookworm on Jun 24 2008 | Filed under: Iraq, Military
I’m sorry to say that, for me, “the troops” have always been somewhat abstract, not because I don’t respect and admire them, but because I really don’t know any troops. Living in my Marin bubble, where the military is anathema to the average person, you simply don’t have a large number of people entering the [...]
Bookworm on Jun 12 2008 | Filed under: Hollywood
Hollywood just came out with another movie that relentlessly demonizes the enemy — which would be a good thing if the Hollywood types had figured out that America’s enemy is radical Islam, which has been very open about its desire to kill our citizens and take over our government. The problem with Hollywood — [...]
Bookworm on Jun 09 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Military
My dog is the sweetest dog in the world — and totally submissive. When you call her, she comes running, then drops into a submissive crouch, body canted slightly sideways, to show that I can do with her as I will. She trusts me not to harm her. Unfortunately, Obama wishes to reduce us to [...]
Bookworm on Jun 06 2008 | Filed under: Military, Uncategorized
I got this as an email and had to share it with all of you. (Thanks, W”B”S.)
WHEN A SOLDIER COMES HOME:
When a soldier comes home, he finds it hard….
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Bookworm on Jun 02 2008 | Filed under: Military
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
Shakespeare, “Henry V” (5.3.44-51)
I thought of a [...]
Bookworm on May 26 2008 | Filed under: Media matters, Military
I don’t know how it is that I never got around to watching it before, but last night marked the first time I ever saw that classic 1941 movie Sergeant York. It’s a biopic, starring Gary Cooper as the eponymous Sergeant York, who was the most decorated hero of World War I. Unlike [...]
Bookworm on May 19 2008 | Filed under: Democrats, Military
In honor of Tom Harkin’s most recent attack on American troops, John Hawkins, at Right Wing News, has assembled a fine collection of quotations from the Statists, in which they express their deep, abiding feelings for those Americans who put their lives on the line daily to protect us. Some examples:
“Through every Abu aib and [...]
Bookworm on May 16 2008 | Filed under: Media matters, Military
I don’t doubt that something unsavory will pop up about Matthis Chiroux, the media’s latest conscientious objector poster boy, simply because something unsavory always seems to be lurking around these keys (not that the MSM lets its readers know). So that’s not what interests me. What caught me was the first two sentences [...]
Bookworm on May 11 2008 | Filed under: Military
The other day, I had a delightful lunch with Staff Sargeant Jason Eck, the Army’s recruiter in Marin. I wrote about it here, at Pajamas Media.
Bookworm on May 04 2008 | Filed under: Military
It was sent to me by a military friend as unclassified, so I’ve felt free to go ahead and publish:
I am an Australian and my son is an Australian - as far as we are concerned there is not place on God’s earth better than Australia, and there are no people better than Australians. That [...]
Bookworm on Apr 21 2008 | Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Military
Our local public radio station was replaying the most recent Hillbama debate, and so I listened to a piece of it that had slipped under my radar the first time. It’s actually quite funny, despite the scary implications of what Hillary is saying she’ll do regarding Iraq if she’s elected President. Here’s what [...]
Bookworm on Apr 03 2008 | Filed under: Military
The MSM has been very low key about this one (natch), but we in the blogosphere don’t have to abide by MSM constraints. I therefore wanted to make sure all of you knew the story of Michael Monsoor, the first Naval hero to be awarded a Medal of Honor in the Iraq War. [...]
Bookworm on Mar 24 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Iraq, Israel, Media matters, Military
As is the rest of the media, the Times is making much of the fact that 4,000 American troops have died during more than five years of war in Iraq. I won’t repeat here (or, at least, I won’t repeat at length) my oft-stated belief that, while each death is a personal tragedy, this [...]
Bookworm on Mar 24 2008 | Filed under: Iraq, Media matters, Military
If nothing else proves that most MSM journalists are hacks, it’s their inability to break free from the phrase “grim milestone” whenever they talk about a new reportable number of American deaths in Iraq. They’ve taken a phrase that should give a sense of tragedy and, instead, turned it into something so hackneyed it’s almost [...]
Bookworm on Mar 18 2008 | Filed under: BBC, Britain, Bush Derangement Syndrome, England
I watched a pretty good movie last night, that was very pro-military; that showed the Iraqi military as being inefficient; and that showed Iraqis as being unbelievably brutal, both in terms of mob violence and in terms of the military’s and the secret police’s capacity for sadistic torture. Surprisingly, it was made by the BBC.
Okay, [...]
Bookworm on Mar 16 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Military
Our local paper, the Marin Independent Journal, has a surprisingly nice, fact-filled article about the uphill work of being an Army recruiter in Marin County. There’s a small amount of harassment, but mostly there’s just a huge lack of interest — which is sad, since Marin, as one of America’s most affluent areas, is at [...]
Bookworm on Mar 05 2008 | Filed under: Military
There’s a big hoo-ha about the “Marines killing a puppy video,” a bit of nastiness, whether real or faked, that is giving the anti-military crowd a lot of grist for their “the military creates monsters” mill. I learned something interesting, though, at From my position . . . on the way! It turns out that [...]
Bookworm on Mar 01 2008 | Filed under: Media matters, Military
I’ve long been a fan of Bill Maudlin’s wonderful WWII cartoons depicting life on the front line. Todd DePastino, another admirer, has written a biography, Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front, that definitely looks worth the read. David Michaelis, writing for the New York Times has a nice review of the book. It’s also [...]
Bookworm on Feb 28 2008 | Filed under: Afghanistan, Military
The New York Times has attacked veterans at home as homeless people, substance abusers and killers. Apparently those attacks have not sated its blood lust. Instead, the Times has directed its demoralization efforts at paratroopers in Iraq, troops who are already suffering under very difficult field conditions. Fortunately, as Blackfive explains, you can help with [...]
Bookworm on Feb 13 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Military
Yesterday morning, in Berkeley, they were saying this:
“Murder, rape, torture, war. That’s what the Marines are for.”
and this:
“These are very dangerous people. They’re lying to their children, talking them into becoming killers.”
I noted that the mask had slipped, revealing that the “we support the troops, but not the war” line was simply a charade, aimed [...]
Bookworm on Feb 12 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Military
Since the Iraq War began, the Left has attempted to disassociate itself from the ugliness of 1960s anti-War protests by repeating, over and over, “We love the troops. It’s just the War we hate.” That line always had a stilted quality, especial since we have a volunteer army, and our troops are willing [...]
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