by Skook | Mar 28, 2011 | Freedom, Hearts & Minds, Military, Support the Troops, True Heroes
There are those who have stepped forward for us and answered a call to duty that so few of us have ever faced. There are many who will deal with the memories of battle and of loss without noticeable issues; unfortunately, there will be others who suffer from wounds...
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by Randy Fritz | Mar 11, 2011 | Allen West, Hearts & Minds, Middle East, Politics, The Iraqi War, War On Terror
One of my first meetings with Iraqis in early 2003 was at a town hall meeting in Al Dujayl. I was a medical service corps officer. As such, I wear a caduceus on my collar. We are sometimes mistaken for doctors by non-military types. My interpreter and I were making...
by Skook | Jan 26, 2011 | Culture, Freedom, Hearts & Minds, Humor, Obama Euphoric-Rapture Syndrome, Racism
In the early 70’s, Johnny Nichols, a native horseshoer and brother to the once famous jockey, Jimmy Nichols, was having a beer with red beans and rice at a bar in Bossier City, Louisiana. Unbeknown to him, a professional wrestler was having trouble keeping his...
by Skook | Jan 10, 2011 | Global Warming, Hearts & Minds, Technology
Sometimes, Against All Odds We Can Survive The mama lion wasn’t ready to give up her cub. She bet her life that she could turn the hungry Grizzly: he figured that she would surrender her cub to the inevitable, but she said, “no, not today, Mr Bruin, if you...
by Skook | Nov 15, 2010 | Barack Obama, Baracks Broken Promises, Communism, Culture of Corruption, Democrats Deserting Obama, Election Fraud, Entertainment, Hearts & Minds, Humor, Marxism, Obama Euphoric-Rapture Syndrome, Obamanomics, Personal, Politics, Socialism, WtF?
Men’s evil manners live in brass: their virtues we write in water. Henry VIII IV:2 Finished work on a hot fall day down in Cajun country. It was a ramshackle trailer house and a pile of rubble I wouldn’t classify as a scrap heap, but these Coonasses led...
by Wordsmith | Nov 12, 2010 | Hearts & Minds, Photo of the Day
Capt. Daniel Coleman, the executive officer with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group and a Denver native, is thanked by the children during the most recent Iraqi Kids Day at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov, 5, 2010. Coleman served as the project officer for the event,...
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