Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I had the opportunity to get my hands on a copy of Rorke Denver’s Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior, which he wrote with Ellis Henican. Here’s the short version of the review: It’s a very good book, and if you like getting the inside story and how the
Continue readingThis one really got my goat. I wrote it for Mr. Conservative, but I want it to be here too. It’s not enough that Obama’s careless boasts got the SEALs (and 21 others) killed. It’s that, when all honors should have been paid to them, the gutless, PC, Obama Pentagon
Continue readingI can’t make myself listen to Obama. He hectors and I don’t need that in my life. I’ll read the speech, and the multiple analyses of the speech, tomorrow. Until then, I’d love to hear what you have to say about it — or what you have to say about
Continue readingHaving read Chris Kyle’s American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, I keep forgetting that I never actually met the man. The book was so vivid, not just about his war-time experiences, but also when it came to his life and personality, that my
Continue readingBack in June, I reviewed Chris Kyle’s American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. I gave the book a thumbs up — it was an enjoyable, informative read about life on the front lines from a tough guy who became a SEAL, and then
Continue readingUsually, I post about what I’ve found on Facebook — the anger, the silliness, and the misinformation from my Liberal friends. Today, I’m doing something different. I’m posting about what I didn’t find on Facebook. You see, Facebook was apparently unwilling to tolerate a poster that suggested that Obama had
Continue readingI promise that this post will be a review of Marcus Luttrell’s Service: A Navy SEAL at War. First, though, I have to start with the ridiculous, before I can give proper context, not to the sublime (because war isn’t sublime), but to the important and meaningful. The ridiculous is,
Continue readingI got an email from Andrea Shea King (the Radio Patriot) that had in it a picture of Keanu Reeves and a headline about a post with one former Navy SEAL’s challenge to Barack Obama because of the latter’s narcissistic reliance on the SEALS as his own personal campaign tool.
Continue readingWhen Don Quixote and I talked yesterday about Obama’s use of the bin Laden raid as a campaign talking point, he pointed out that any sitting president who is running for reelection would use the raid as a talking point. I agree. The problem isn’t that Obama politicized the raid,
Continue readingBUDS trainees during Hell Week Special troops are, by definition, small in number. If everyone could do what they do, they would be special. They are made up of men with unusual mental and physical strength. Again, by definition this is a subset of all men. (No disrespect meant to
Continue readingOne of my father’s favorite stories concerned his niece, who lived on a farm in Israel. Daddy was visiting there one day when he saw his niece, who was then about 5, playing with a wee little baby goat. At this point in his narrative, Daddy would always stop and
Continue reading[I’ll keep this at the top through Memorial Day. Scroll down for lots of new posts.] Several years ago, as part of a 9/11 commemoration, I wrote the following words as part of a post I did about Lt. Brian Ahearn, one of the New York fire fighters who perished
Continue readingAs I’ve mentioned just a few times, I just read, and was very moved by, Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. A liberal I know flipped through the book’s first few pages and had a very different reaction.
Continue readingI love kid logic. I was telling my pre-teen daughter about the Navy SEALS (having just finished Lone Survivor), and I mentioned the incredible physical strength and mental stamina the men had. “And the women….” she prompted me. “Nope,” I said. “No women.” She stared at me. “But don’t the
Continue readingMudville Gazette reports that some Republican lawmakers haven’t forgotten the three SEALS facing court-martial for having given a fat lip to a suspected Al Qaeda murderer during his arrest. This is no little thing. SEALS are the creme de la creme of our military forces. If they’ve done wrong, that’s
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