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I Hate Appalachian Nazis: A Response to “Briar Cavendish”
Elwood Blues: “Illinois Nazis?” Jake Blues: “I hate Illinois Nazis” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EoOZKjAjlk I think I can safely echo the thoughts of Jake and Elwood Blues about Illinois or any other type of Nazis that skulk about the dark recesses of the … Continue reading →
Filed under History, leadership, philosophy, Politics
Tagged as adolf hitler, balkans, barak obama, bergen-belsen, briar cavendish, communists, croatia, dachau, illinois nazis, iraq insurgency, Joseph Goebbels, julius streicher, muslims, nazi germany, neo-nazis, president barak obama, rijeka croatia, talk radio, the blues brothers, weimar republic, white supremacists
Learning to Apply the Principles of Counterinsurgency Part One: Introduction to the Soviet-Afghan War
Soviets Enter Afghanistan Note: This is the First Part of a Series which I will be writing on Afghanistan and Counterinsurgency strategy in that country. Part of this will be a review of various historical materials especially from Russian sources … Continue reading →
Filed under counterinsurency in afghanistan, History, iraq,afghanistan, Military
Tagged as 9-11 attacks, afghan army, afghanistan, al qaida, algeria, barak obama, chinese communists, COIN, combined arms army, counterinsurgency, democratic republic of Afghanistan, General David Petreus, isaf, mcchrystal assessment, mohammed karzai, nato, north vietnamese, secretary of defense robert gates, soviet casualties in afghanistan, soviet union, soviet-afghan war, stanley mcchrystal, taliban, The Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Manual, The Soviet Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost”
Padre Steve’s Decade in Review: Up Down Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again
Happy New Year! Well, we have killed off the first decade of the new millennium and I hate to say it but I miss the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Somehow despite the threat of double secret nuclear annihilation, disco, and … Continue reading →
Filed under History, Loose thoughts and musings
Tagged as 200 election controversy, 2000 election controversy, 2008 presidential election, 2009, 2nd marine divsion, 9-11 attacks, afghanistan, al anbar province, al gore, al qaida, american military university, anbar awakening, arnold schwarzeneggar, bank bailouts, barak obama, beltway sniper, beslan terrorism, bill clinton, black helicopters, boston red sox, celebrity deaths, congressional steroid hearings, curse of the bambino, dave thomas wendy's, deade in review, death, detroit tigers, dick cheney, eod group two, football, george carlin, george w bush, ghost, h1n1, hangin chad, hanging chad, harbor park, hezbollah, hillary clinton, hurricane katrina, iran buclear program, iran riots, iraq, iraq insurgency, iraq surge, iraq un oil for food program, iraqi army, israel, john kerry, john mccain, johnny carson, london bombing 2006, madrid bombing 2004, marine security forces, marion jones, michael jackson, michael phelps, nelson lebron, new york yankees, operation iraqi freedom, patrick swayze, philadelphia phillies, pope benedict xvi, pope john paul ii, PTSD, richard pryor, sarah palin, space shuttle columbia, star trek, steroids, supreme court, taliban, tampa bay rays, tom landry, usmc command and staff college, uss cole bombing, uss hue city, uss john f kennedy, vatican and anglicans, walter cronkite, world series, y2k
Going to War: Ministry amid Training
Two years ago my group of Individual Augmentees was leaving Ft Jackson South Carolina on the way to Kuwait, which was our final training site before going on to our assignments in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and other locations in the … Continue reading →
Filed under iraq,afghanistan, leadership, Military, philosophy, Tour in Iraq
Tagged as baptism, barak obama, cia, dia, fort jackson sc, general james jones, m-16 rifle, m-9 pistol, ministry, national security council, nelson lebron, PTSD, weapons cleaning, weapons training
Revisting the Political Captivity of the Church
Contemplating Faith and Practice in A Pub Note: This is an expansion of a topic that I wrote about in the beginnings of Padre Steve’s World. At that time I had far fewer readers and the post itself was not … Continue reading →
Filed under philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged as american baptist church, anti-military, anti-war, barak obama, bill clinton, billy graham, center for reclaiming america for christ, christian coalition, christian faith, church, civil war, contract with america, dr d james kennedy, early church, jerry falwell, judeo-christian heritage, martin luther king jr, methodists, moral majority, pat robertson, pliny's letter to trajan, presbyterians, ronald reagan, rush limbaugh, sean hannity, southern baptist church, talk radio, vietnam, william wilberforce
Memorial Day 2009- Thoughts and Musings
I am again at the Medical Center on duty, but this not a bad thing. Before I begin my post I want to direct you to the post of the Abbess of the Abbey Normal and her thoughts on this … Continue reading →
Filed under Baseball, History, iraq,afghanistan, Military, PTSD, vietnam
Tagged as afghanistan, an loc, arlington national cemetary, barak obama, barry zito, belleau wood, bob feller, buck o'neil, christy matthewson, conaway cemetery portsmouth, eddie matthews, ernie banks, fleet reserve association, gold star flag, hank greenberg, honor and remember flag, iraq, jackie robinson, jamie walker, jerry coleman, joe dimaggio, korean war, larry doby, lou bissie, marine security forces, memorial day, monte irvin, normandy, operation desert storm, pat tillman, pee wee reese, portsmouth city councilman charles whitehurst, portsmouth memorial day parade, portsmouth naval medical center, PTSD, rear admiral bob kiser, rick monday, roy gleason, strikeouts for troops, ted williams, usaa, vfw, vietnam war, whitey ford, world war i, world war ii, yellow fever, yogi berra
Beer and Donuts
Tonight after a hard week for Judy and a reasonably sporty week on the ICU for me, Judy and I went out to dinner at Gordon Biersch. Patently we are preparing for our Dos De Mayo party and while I … Continue reading →
Filed under Baseball, beer, Loose thoughts and musings, Religion
Tagged as appomattox, barak obama, beer, civil war, confederacy, donuts, gettysburg, Harp Lager, Krispy Kreme Donuts, nolan Reimold, norfolk tides, oscar salazar, robert e lee, scranton wilkes-barre yankees, union, US Grant, William T Sherman
