tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55695102011-06-09T17:57:26.061+01:00In Notts ForestAn American ex-pat living in Nottingham ForestBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.comBlogger3521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1098798056395484522004-10-26T14:36:00.000+01:002004-10-26T14:53:16.360+01:00I did not write this master work. It is from Jason who is in Iraq. I think you can figure out what he is up to. I used to be grunt and it was great time in my life, but hard to explain to civilians. Here is a great attempt to do so:
The Tao of Soldiering
I.
Learn to Suffer
II.
You are not Special
Know your Place
III.
Release your Attachments
Today is the birthday of The Monastic Order ofBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1098261505757978952004-10-20T09:28:00.000+01:002004-10-20T10:50:20.466+01:00This is for me-the last post to this blog.
Life after Wal-Mart and other box stores.
Has the Air Force watched too many Star Trek movies?
The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science. I have seen this in action when “cold fusion” was the rage. There are lots of suckers out there.
One more British scientific development in the home. Maybe I might buy this one, the girls would love it.
More on Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1098169549577636942004-10-19T07:56:00.000+01:002004-10-19T21:24:04.110+01:00I am doing a bit a bigger than usual post since I have a few more days here in England and those days will be busy packing, taking care of my family preparing to move back to America and shipping down range to the box as we say in Army lingo. There may be one or two more posts, but it will be post script in manner.
I received an email from Robert at the Expat Yank and he suggested that I leave Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097926243747877132004-10-16T13:13:00.000+01:002004-10-16T12:30:43.746+01:00New toys for the troops.
Guess who says it is all right to kill Americans?
This is typical middle English neighborhood where I live.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097863722510220252004-10-15T19:05:00.000+01:002004-10-15T19:08:42.510+01:00Another image of Nottingham at night.
News from the Air Force that you will never see in the traditional media.
Workforce trends that will impact America. Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097738954998651542004-10-14T08:26:00.000+01:002004-10-15T19:04:52.306+01:00How low can this mess go?
Terrorists and drugs. I thought Allah disapproved.
My co-worker was in York on a short holiday and told me about travels. Most of the hotel and resort workers were Polish students and they love working in England. The English and Americans are polite and tipped well by the Polish standards, but the Germans are a pain as tourist. They wanted breakfast at 7:30 when itBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097474853095615652004-10-11T06:45:00.000+01:002004-10-15T20:40:52.750+01:00I am trying to do a few more family outings before we return to America and then deploy. We were in Nottingham city a few days ago and we saw this three wheel car in the car park. It is a Reliant Rialto. Wifey thinks it is a funny little car but I wonder about the safety of it and can you take it on the motorway?
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The CIA report on Iraq’s weapons program is out for public consumption. It is Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097391889302848112004-10-10T07:58:00.000+01:002004-10-10T08:07:05.366+01:00
Another image of the Goose Fair.
Gulliver’s travails: The U.S. in the post-Cold-War world by John O’Sullivan in the New Criterion is spot on.
Do you want to know where American troops are deployed in the Central Region? Here is the list with descriptions and photos.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097357092705598032004-10-09T22:17:00.000+01:002004-10-09T22:26:07.270+01:00Today we went to the Goose Fair here in Nottingham. (A 360 degree look at the fair) It is one of the oldest fairs around England. It was ok to me; just think of a state or big county fair in America without the agricultural, automotive, or musical attractions. It just had lots of carnival rides, food and gift concessions. It was fun, but once was enough for me.
I did not buy food from this Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097215587861733202004-10-08T07:01:00.000+01:002004-10-08T07:06:27.860+01:00I wonder why the churches and other organizations are not trying to help the Iraqis this way?
Will all the Good doers and loony left protest this:
Iran: 16-year-old girl hanged in street for "acts incompatible with chastity"
Amnesty International today (24 August 2004) expressed its outrage at the reported execution of a girl believed to be 16 years old for “acts incompatible with chastity”.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097122961059021112004-10-07T05:18:00.000+01:002004-10-07T05:22:41.060+01:00Here is a brief that is going around the military that shows the new mind set that will drive policy and actions around the world. The web blog that goes with this brief has hours of great analysis for reading.
CB got a letter that states the obvious and how we shall deal with it.
Look who is giving support to the candidates. It is pretty well split down the middle. Nobody can cry povertyBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1097039167719899532004-10-06T06:03:00.000+01:002004-10-06T06:06:07.720+01:00Birmingham Airport is bigger than Nottingham East Midlands Airport and has more flights with regular airlines than charter or tourist flights. BA goes to the US and with Lufthansa covers more of Europe. It has the low cost airlines of Ryannair and BMI. It does have train service just like Munich or Frankfurt and it also have bus service. Birmingham is easy to get around with two medium sized Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096952725252956962004-10-05T06:03:00.000+01:002004-10-06T09:56:09.113+01:00Here is more good news from Afghanistan. It was even written by the BBC!
This will weaken the UN.
Most of the cyber cafes I know have gone out of business. It is the same here in England.
Some time around the first of November I will be shutting this blog down, due to being mobilized and deployed to Afghanistan. I had good time living in England. It has been interesting and I have learned aBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096810185179917532004-10-03T14:27:00.000+01:002004-10-05T07:48:40.003+01:00One of the advantages of my civilian job is that I drive around a bit. Last week I drove from Nottingham to Manchester and on the return I drove from Manchester on the A616 across the Peak District to Sheffield. On the trip home I stopped in Hollingworth, Cheshire.
While waiting for a farm tractor to turn, I was stuck in traffic going up a hill. Sitting in my car I saw a green box on a poll Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096611454165096962004-10-01T07:15:00.000+01:002004-10-01T09:40:47.243+01:00While I was in Germany last week, I was running around getting ready to go down range. One of the places I went to was CIF or Central Issue Facility. At CIF I was issued 1800 dollars of basic issue items or equipment that every soldier will need. It is like going to REI, EMS or your local army surplus store but everything is in camouflage, olive drab green or tan. It took me an hour to get Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096546920860431392004-09-30T13:18:00.000+01:002004-09-30T13:40:37.213+01:00Want to know who have the best universities in the world? Go ask the Chinese! It looks like the America has a bunch of dolts lying around. Here is the European list.
While I was in Germany staying at the gasthaus, the only two English language news channels were CNN and BBC world. One interesting thing was that the BBC had advertising on it or those detested commercials. One was from Accenture Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096525949312228252004-09-30T07:29:00.000+01:002004-09-30T10:19:05.473+01:00Here are two faces of the future of America and the free world. Here and here. Who do you think will be more beneficial to the world?
When this came out lots of troops were rolling their eyes. All the soldiers felt this was a noble cause and with good intentions (Sept 29), but in reality it would be used selectively. Others felt since we are at war does not the Criminal Investigation Division Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096353651152304582004-09-28T07:39:00.000+01:002004-10-01T15:50:48.710+01:00Guess what I did last night? I voted in the general election and today I will put it in the mail. The town clerk from my home town was easy to deal with. When I called her, she said I could fill out a form that I could down load over the internet or type out and sign a letter, and send it to her and she would in return send me a ballot. Easy as cake. My wife be came an American after I told her Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096274350978366102004-09-27T09:34:00.000+01:002004-09-27T09:39:10.976+01:00'Beat me once a week' says Iranian woman, and the Judge tells her husband he can not beat her at all. It sucks to be a nice husband in Iran.
An infantryman’s high speed, low drag, and high tech tool.
I want to make sure it has one of these. The civilian model.
The last pargraph of Iraq, “Al Qaeda and Fourth Generation Warfare” sums it up:
Islamic Terrorist warriors continue to move around Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096146742838494542004-09-26T01:09:00.000+01:002004-09-25T22:12:22.840+01:00Do we need to assimilate immigrants, legal and illegal? I do, my father who was legal immigrant was pretty well assimilated, and it struck home with him when we visited his family back in the islands. All he wanted to get back to the US quickly.
A “new” look at the Beslan attack, but created by Clinton?
Pseudo-protesters need to get real.
The future of France is not rosy by this post. ThisBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096106067906085292004-09-25T10:38:00.000+01:002004-09-25T10:54:27.906+01:00Thank god that the ‘60s are finally coming to an end
Over at the Braden files there is analysis from Stafford titled “The U.S. Election and the International System.” My experience living in England pretty well validates the thesis of this post.
Can masks makers forcast the future and election? Their past record is more accurate than the professional pollisters.
This bumper sticker asks a Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1096059206120434362004-09-24T21:49:00.000+01:002004-09-24T21:53:26.120+01:00First it was the Germans with their toilets now the Dutch are going to out do them.
The real news from Europe.
A country study of Afghanistan. It has lots of detail and great for reading at airports. More here.
Here is a different view of protesters from Britain. Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1095966652052484652004-09-23T20:05:00.000+01:002004-09-23T20:37:19.670+01:00Over at Stratgey Page they are saying: Al Qaeda Has Lost Its War in Iraq
September 23, 2004: While al Qaeda manages to set off one or more suicide bombs a day in Iraq, it finds itself losing the war it is waging. The bombs are killing mainly Iraqis, and the Iraqis have noticed this. Al Qaeda expects the Iraqi Islamic radicals to benefit from the bombing campaign. But the only Iraqi Islamic Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1095843016776393922004-09-22T09:39:00.000+01:002004-09-22T19:22:22.873+01:00I am going to my new unit in Kaiserslautern in a few minutes. Time to drive the autobahn.
Red Sox vs the Yankees and politics.
Fox and the 1st Amendment.
Guess who are our new friends?
Sport and reality sometimes collide.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1095802424010785812004-09-21T22:32:00.000+01:002004-09-21T22:33:44.010+01:00This guy has figured out a way to win the war. One heart and mind at a time. I served with his unit and I am glad that they are doing all right.
Guess who said this:
No, it is not. If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a candidate Kerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a lousy candidate -- he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! That party is so pathetic, they even lose the Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1095800707013995692004-09-21T22:00:00.000+01:002004-09-21T23:39:34.860+01:00It has been an interesting past two days. I flew to Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday and drove down to Heidelberg where my unit is at. There was a conference going on and it was interesting and everybody was in a good mood. A few there were cracking jokes, but then there was phone call from a unit down range in the box. A somber air came over the room. A few points from experience were relayed to Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1095617305991224432004-09-19T19:05:00.000+01:002004-09-19T19:08:25.990+01:00Is there a new star system in Hollywood?
These Japanese people are too cool for me.
A good list of Sci-Fi films.
Is this a way to help to the Palestinians?
A list of bogus election issues.
Political and policy trends and polling in the UK. Do the elections refect the polls? We will find out if an election is called. Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1095227623475776442004-09-15T06:44:00.000+01:002004-09-15T06:53:43.476+01:00From the New York Times:
They have taken their eye off the real ball," Mr. Kerry said, his voice almost shaking in anger. "They took it off in Afghanistan and shifted it to Iraq. They took it off in North Korea and shifted it to Iraq. They took it off in Russia, and the nuclear materials there, and shifted it to Iraq."
All I can say if the US dropped the ball, why am I going over to Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1095147476555890452004-09-14T07:52:00.000+01:002004-09-14T09:36:47.636+01:00Do you want to know where the troops are at? Look here. One small detail, caught my eye, one of the tables has the military is planning nine brigades in Iraq in 2007. We will be there no matter who is the president. Sounds like some of the scuttlebutt is making it to the press. Here is a pretty good overview of the military in plain English with a general analysis of doctrine.
Here is a short Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1094891484088388332004-09-11T09:30:00.000+01:002004-09-11T09:35:44.596+01:00I think the cat is out of the bag. Maybe I might be able to go snowboarding there. Look at the side bar at the bottom for my unit. Now it will be the task to take care of my family and get them stateside to start life all over again. Just think I thought I would not have any material to blog about. More information here.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1094835797999091072004-09-10T17:59:00.001+01:002004-09-10T18:03:18.000+01:00WTF. I just got a phone call that said I was mobilized and going down range. No details yet. By the middle of next week I should have a good idea of what is going on. I am trying to figure out where my wife and kids will go. Since my job here in England will be over, I will have to ship all my house hold processions back to America. The real big question is do I tell my renters, sorry, you’re outBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1094710678936399912004-09-09T07:12:00.000+01:002004-09-09T07:30:33.273+01:00This is a big game in Europe, but most of troops who were watching it on German TV during the Olympics called it a game for “wimps” or worse.
Do you want to know why some of the military dislikes the press?
This happened outside of Goose Green during the Falkland War:
Starting early May 27 and through May 28 2 Para approached and attacked Darwin and Goose Green which was held by the Argentine Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1094627426853210512004-09-08T08:06:00.000+01:002004-09-08T22:17:42.076+01:00Remember the keyboard player in Prince’s old band who dressed up like a doctor? Here is his web site, he sounds smooth and funky, I guess Prince has an influence of his sound.
Over at Highway 99 there is a great post about Saudi Arabia and what mess it is. That is one place that I think we will have to watch from the sidelines, while it implodes.
List of military articles.
Wishful thinking ofBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1094302773551727762004-09-04T13:49:00.000+01:002004-09-04T13:59:33.550+01:00It looks like Moore’s Minutemen has struck again. Shooting kids in the back, what bunch of pussies. Here is a first hand account of what went down. I feel sorry for the victims and their families, but the Russians are now going to take off the gloves in Chechnya and Chechnan innocent bystanders will be feeling the brunt of the Russian fury. I bet al Queda stringers in the US are planning to do Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1093933110235886202004-08-31T07:15:00.000+01:002004-08-31T09:41:10.250+01:00This is a great web site that has business news that you the consumer can use, because it cover products and services that you use everyday. It cover a lot of subjects asbeer, CDs, telephones, music, books and Barnes and Noble. This gives me incentive to use the library more, go to local plays, brew my own beer and start hiking more.
The gates of Hell are getting rattled or guess who is hot and Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1093594786963067922004-08-27T09:16:00.000+01:002004-08-30T11:30:53.220+01:00For the next two weeks blogging will next to nothing, due to other comittments.
Cheers!
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1093592850162790272004-08-27T08:45:00.000+01:002004-08-27T08:47:30.163+01:00I read all kinds of charges and counter charges of John Kerry and I really don’t give a crap, but you can actually read what he wrote about his experiences right here. It is not pretty at all.
From the Australian Famous Television Writer’s School: Australian Television Drama for Beginners. Yes! Now you can write your own gripping Australian TV drama in 10 easy lessons. Just read on. It's easyBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1093533281028726592004-08-26T15:15:00.000+01:002004-08-26T16:21:45.810+01:00How did China win so many medals at the Olympics? Well the Communist Party owns the athletes.
Holy $h!t!
The economics and business of the movie industry is more interesting than movies themselves.
Micheal Barone has a good interview about the future of America his views on the soft and hard America and assimilation of the new Latin immigrants are interesting.
Some things never change; Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1093470055534118992004-08-25T22:37:00.000+01:002004-08-25T22:48:36.583+01:00Read about the combination of punk rock and sport. It is prety good. I was a snowboard instructor and I picked up on some new school punk from the younger instructors.
Can you live with out modern technology? I think I could but it would be hard.
Do you think you are a stud? Do you think you run, parachute jump, complete a military skills test and handle lots of stress? See if you can do this Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1093336154838592352004-08-24T09:22:00.000+01:002004-08-24T09:29:14.836+01:00This is pretty sad. And this is too.
Can the Red Sox catch the Yankees in the AL East? Also Fenway Park bans “Yankees Sucks” t-shirt.
Who would ever think that Ben Stein, the Hollywood guy, is a big fan of the military? More here.
Do you want to know what it is like to be a troop in Iraq? Go play the game.
Adopt a sniper. They can use your help.
I will be flying back to England later Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1093165280017369092004-08-22T09:59:00.000+01:002004-08-22T10:01:20.016+01:00New armor for vehicle and troops are on the way. I like the spray on armor.
James Dunnagan at the Strategy page writes a short and clear article about what is going on in Iraq that is should be printed in the major newspapers. Also it has a paragraph about the army using historical studies of the Malay uprising as a model to follow.
This is a good post that gives an insight on Spain, AmericaBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1093070240374647812004-08-21T07:32:00.000+01:002004-08-21T07:37:20.373+01:00This is one weapon that al Queda might be willing to use.
Would the use of MRI and Prozac eliminate aggressive interrogation methods?
It will be a while before military use these methods; I figure the civilian police will have easier access to MRI machines than the military in the field. Maybe these techniques will spur the development of cheaper and portable MRI machines.
This is an Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092993528452128812004-08-20T10:11:00.000+01:002004-08-20T10:18:48.453+01:00This happened in my hometown in New Hampshire and my neighbors in England would like to see more of this being done for them:
On August 3 at 3:00 a.m. the Hudson Police Department responded to 87 A Pelham Road for a burglary, which had just occurred.
Upon the officers arriving they determined that the suspect(s) had broken into a breezeway and stolen alcohol. The suspect(s) then forced open Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092903957237952382004-08-19T09:23:00.000+01:002004-08-19T09:28:08.746+01:00The other night I went out to the town of Schwetzingen for dinner to get a break from the US Army mess hall.
(official site in German and translated into English) and a few things came to mind:
This place is clean. It is a lot cleaner than England. There was hardly any trash or litter on the ground.
Walking around after dinner, I noticed that there are many Optical Shops. Are Germans eyesight Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092815303474481822004-08-18T08:44:00.000+01:002004-08-18T09:05:58.630+01:00This article from Janes show that a water shortage might pull the carpet out from under the fantastic growth of China’s economy. Actually many countries face this problem and this might be a reason for future conflicts.
More German reaction from Bush’s decsision on pulling troops out. They actually like us, but then there is always the money angle. More here. History has showed that most Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092744656491499202004-08-17T13:02:00.000+01:002004-08-17T14:05:52.083+01:00A few people are having a field day or crapping their pants about this. Many of us were saying this was going to happen someday. Who is going to invade Germany? Liechtenstein? This was inevitable for many reasons, but mainly money and time. It is better to spend millions in the US than in a country that mixed feeling about the US presence. Some feel that the US will move to former Soviet militaryBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092640225996108372004-08-16T08:08:00.000+01:002004-08-16T08:10:25.996+01:00Do you want a bench shirt?
Maybe eliminating taxes for a day would be nice. The Commonwealth figured it out, what we knew in New Hampshire. I bet this would never happen in England.
I am flying to Frankfurt later this moring, see you later.
Cheers!Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092551753796289692004-08-15T07:29:00.000+01:002004-08-15T08:30:25.776+01:00So this is how school children of the world learn about the US.
Guess what Gene Simmons of Kiss put on his blog on August 6?
Yesterday had a day off and MSNBC'S SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY had me on the air to comment about the deluge of celebrities getting involved in politics. On the panel were RON REAGAN, PAT BUCHANAN and SCARBOROUGH.
My stance has always been the same. I am no one's mouthpiece Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092515761293116422004-08-14T21:27:00.001+01:002004-08-15T08:17:37.510+01:00Here is a blog from soldier/artist who is in Baghdad. The artwork (photos and watercolors) are great.
The workers paradise: Cuba.The map with all the prisons, is horrible.
Some of Saddam’s gold is found in Iraq. I wonder if the troops will charge a finders fee.
Now I know that I am a square, I can’t stand Wilco.
I rather listen to the Deftones or some English folk music or tunes.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092379121746424702004-08-13T07:35:00.000+01:002004-08-13T07:40:38.790+01:00The Atlantic Magazine has a good article on the emails of al-Qaeda. It is interesting that it strips the a lot of the gleam off them, they look more human with their bickering and internal politics. I don't understand why so many people put faith in the UN to solve the problems of the world by mediation when al-Qaeda thinks that the UN is a false god:
… I pray to God—after having granted you Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092377231300527622004-08-13T07:05:00.000+01:002004-08-13T07:07:11.300+01:00Do you think this is a violation of the Geneva or Hague Conventions? If we did this America would be hung by the press. Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092287980539754722004-08-12T06:14:00.000+01:002004-08-12T06:36:31.613+01:00You got to love Rodney! Caddyshack is on my list of great movies.
Ralph Peters over at the NY Post does not sugar coat his words:
Among ourselves, we need to stop pretending that Iraq is a one-time deal. We'll be in the Middle East for decades to come, in unexpected locations. Our bitter enemies — provoked by their civilization's utter failure — will continue to present us with a Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092201207481430032004-08-11T05:53:00.000+01:002004-08-11T07:28:03.676+01:00A grunts view of the war in Iraq. It is more informative than the newspapers. Read his account of the engagement at Mosul, it is pretty riveting reading.
Update. Here is the Arab media's view with input from Rueters. A wee bit different.
Can someone explain this one: Arabs Caught Crossing Illegally over U.S.- Mexican Border?
I will be heading to Germany next week, so blogging may be light over Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092111254188958582004-08-10T05:11:00.000+01:002004-08-10T05:14:14.186+01:00New spy birds in the sky.
Impromptu rocking.
Ozzy has some competition. I will be watching this one.
This a great essay on terrorism. It shows how countries have to uphold laws and treaties that terrorist have no intention to honor. The lessons are thought provoking and the ending is neither up beat or depressing:
In 1932, when Einstein attempted to induce Freud to support pacifism, Freud Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1092030114147384922004-08-09T06:38:00.000+01:002004-08-09T06:43:37.896+01:00While living in England, people asks who do I think will win the election? I tell them to check out the odds put out by the bookies. They have no bias; they just want to make money on predicting the future. Then I ask them do they know how the US election is held? Most think it is a simple majority vote, but it is not. I ask them do they know how many presidents won without the winning the Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091947189336112542004-08-08T07:37:00.000+01:002004-08-08T07:39:49.336+01:00I have been writing a novel over the past year, very slowly. One of the tools that I use is The Novel Writer's Toolkit from Bob Mayer. Also I use a memory stick to save all my documents and related items. It is nice since you never know when a thought or idea will pop into your head, and then you can hop on a computer, type out some ideas and store them on the memory stick. I also back up my Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091898904026039042004-08-07T18:12:00.000+01:002004-08-08T08:21:02.896+01:00
I was asked what is the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem pub was like. (The BBC page)I have been there three times taking friends or family who are visiting. It claims to be the oldest pub in England and it looks it since part of it is built in to a side of a hill and it is in a cave. Regulars put a coaster on top of their beer to keep the dust and dirt that fall off the ceiling out of their beer. It Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091824125395753952004-08-06T21:27:00.000+01:002004-08-07T18:00:59.120+01:00 I just returned from Chester and Wales. Chester is a interest city with great architecture and the Welch countryside is beautiful.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091800647882073072004-08-06T14:55:00.000+01:002004-08-07T18:01:36.456+01:00Do you to know how the cool or the”chav” of the new English ruling class live?
I love the terms mingers and slappers.
What do some Europeans think of Lance winning? Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091509679279909042004-08-03T06:05:00.000+01:002004-08-03T06:29:23.570+01:00 Here is the writings of a British Policeman. Check out his latest rants about being an “evidence gatherer” instead of a law enforcer. His dealings with heroin addicts are interesting and sadly a bit funny.
The group of the undecided voters are slowly disappearing in American politics and the election in November is all most decided.
Good news from Iraq? There is lots of it and read this to Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091506946501396472004-08-03T05:21:00.000+01:002004-08-03T05:22:26.503+01:00I will be heading to Wales for work later today, and blogging will be light for the next few days. Have fun enjoying the summer!Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091424579094963792004-08-02T06:13:00.000+01:002004-08-02T06:59:12.950+01:00Sometimes I get emails from David of Politically Incorrect Observations on Reporting in the German Media By: David Kaspar and he has an interesting post that gives you insight on how the Germans see us Americans and it is not pretty:
According to (the German weekly) STERN, John Kerry may
yet fail in his quest for the presidency. Why? Because
he is too intelligent, complex and distant for an
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091368414595661622004-08-01T14:51:00.000+01:002004-08-01T14:53:34.596+01:00A Balance of power in the Pacific or China and America on a collision course?
Is the web dangerous to Microsoft’s future?
MS IE market share slipping?
Are you happy?
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091264586360352542004-07-31T09:55:00.000+01:002004-07-31T10:23:15.993+01:00 Some people will wonder about this, but for the Russians this is a great opportunity for them. They might be able to rehabilitate their reputation after their actions in Chechnya. This coupled with the sorry state of the Russian Army, this will be a boost. The Russian Army did peace keeping duties in the Balkans and there were no real debacles. This will be interesting since Russia is broke and Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091166319043524272004-07-30T06:42:00.000+01:002004-07-30T06:45:19.043+01:00Over at the Edge of England’s Sword, there is a good analysis of what is going on or not going on with the conservative party or Tories. People in America comment that Blair is in trouble and expect somebody out of the opposition to challenge him in the next general election, to that I say that the Tories are not well organized at the national level and the only opposition that Blair faces is Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1091078095386899822004-07-29T06:11:00.000+01:002004-07-29T06:14:55.386+01:00I have seen a few of Satan’s spawn walking around Nottingham. Are you wondering how I can spot them? They are all wearing New York Yankee baseball caps. I think Manchester United Football and the Yankees have a deal to sell each others kit and this has spread the dreaded sign of the Anti-Christ.
While in America a few people asked me what is Tony Blair like and how is he doing. Here is a Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090992352408136072004-07-28T06:18:00.000+01:002004-07-28T06:25:52.406+01:00The European Space Agency has found 'rogue' waves and they look nasty!
Over at SGT. Stryker there is a great essay on what is going on with America. and it has a great line:
Three years into this current war, we've invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. We've created a new Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security. We created a "Transportation Security Administration". The nation and the Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090905782500460442004-07-27T06:20:00.000+01:002004-07-27T06:23:02.500+01:00Cut a deal for single mothers to pay a lower TV tax in Britain?
Are cool cities cool?
The USS Neverdock shows how low the BBC will go. If an American news outlet did this with a foreign leader all hell would break loose.
Is this going to be an issue of contention between the US and the EU?
Good analysis of if Taiwan declares independence. Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090820324951667262004-07-26T06:33:00.000+01:002004-07-26T06:43:50.090+01:00Read why gas in the UK is so high.
China is going for zero population growth. I think this going to be interesting and the methods they use will raise some eyebrows. More news on China and the rest of Asia.
I was in the US for the past three weeks and the “we hate Bush” message was being put out by the media, but it was getting dull after a while. Kerry was getting most of the positive Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090789392759273192004-07-25T21:55:00.000+01:002004-07-25T22:03:12.760+01:00A close look at the Washington Post for bias.
The kids are all right.
More here.
A possible explanation of drunkenness in Britain?
Did you have to memorize poetry as a child? I did and it was fun, even if my teachers detested Frank Zappa.
A profile of the insurgency in Iraq.
I have to been to a few airports over the past year and I am going to post of some of my views of them. The first Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090582203270619332004-07-23T12:11:00.001+01:002004-07-25T22:50:20.960+01:00Here is a screen shot of IEDs that used against the US in Iraq.
Do you really want to know how America feels? Check out this survey of consumers. Use the public log on, it is easy to do. I know it might be boring to read an academic study, but it is better to read it yourself than have somebody else interpret it and screw up the analysis.
What would you do if you were the President, Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090475754067936922004-07-22T06:52:00.000+01:002004-07-22T06:55:54.066+01:00Are we getting dumber over time?
I personally think this up coming elections is going to be weird as HS Thompson would say.
Here is the Investors Business Daily looks at bias in the press.
More biased press coverage from the Wall Street Journal.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090388379614735492004-07-21T06:36:00.000+01:002004-07-21T06:39:39.613+01:00Here is a blog about developments in technology.
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Here is the Hard Rock café in Nottingham.
Over at the Braden File former John Leman, Secretary of the Navy, has put out a good article about what America faces.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090301512220171792004-07-20T06:28:00.000+01:002004-07-21T09:03:47.896+01:00Are you a movie junkie? Here is your blog.
Why Americans hate America?
Stephen Den Beste has a good article about WMD, Iraq and whiners. Go read it.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090265210489308762004-07-19T20:21:00.000+01:002004-07-21T09:07:34.843+01:00 While in America I rented a car and two SUVs from Budget. If you are going to rent a vehicle from Budget don’t expect to do it fast, you are going to wait in line 45 minutes to an hour if you are in Boston or at Los Angles Airport. The car we got in Boston smelled of cigars that even a cheap air freshener could not cover up.
In LA we rented a Ford Expedition for a good Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090140483595964832004-07-18T09:42:00.000+01:002004-07-18T09:48:03.596+01:00
The center of Nottingham.
Here is a great article about the transformation of the US Military under G.W. Bush. There is some honest criticism and questions that should be asked.
Maybe we will not need the draft. The rich are serving.
Operations research is one of those esoteric areas that touch everybody, because of cheap computing power.
Another reason to love the French.
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1090060110197348732004-07-17T11:07:00.000+01:002004-07-17T12:30:44.203+01:00 It good to get back to the US to see my brother get married, meet my new family, see old friends, and go shopping in the US. The wedding was great because: my brother married a good woman and since her family is from Columbia and Jordan, the wedding was a combination of Salsa music, belly dancer, and the Marina Del Rey Yacht Club. A total American affair.
Also we stocked Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1088401124222130092004-06-28T06:34:00.000+01:002004-06-28T08:05:53.986+01:00Blogging will be light for the next few weeks. I will be heading to Los Angles, via Boston to my brother’s wedding tomorrow morning! It will be an interesting trip, especially with a three month old baby and an almost three year old girl. I will be able to post once in a while. Go out side and have some fun!
A panographic view of Nottingham facing south from Nottingham Castle. This was taken Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1088321359758936402004-06-27T08:28:00.000+01:002004-06-27T08:29:19.756+01:00The Witty Worm is a nasty bugger.
How to find bio weapon labs.
A new tool for the warfighter.
BBC has a great profile of the Bell Inn with a 360 degree photo! Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1088229631992220482004-06-26T06:57:00.000+01:002004-06-26T07:00:31.993+01:00Can we expand the Army? I think we can, but it will cost lots of money and take time to do it right or we will be filling body bags. more here here and here.
Want to change jobs? Here is a possible career move and the training is free.
First it was the WWF or E or what ever it is and now Professor Bob Robertson of the University of North Tyneside has figure what is the baddest animal around.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1088174652794705592004-06-25T15:40:00.000+01:002004-06-25T15:46:29.946+01:00Here is a good blog on the activities in space.
Here is a good report on security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Channel 4 had an interesting show with the title “God is Black” that showed the crisis that is facing the Church of England. The Church of England is more diverse collection of churches than it sister in America. This Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1088057211891022792004-06-24T07:04:00.000+01:002004-06-24T07:06:51.890+01:00The army is now in the video game industry.
With Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lurking around, it is best to stay out of the hospital and tell people if your kid is sick stay home.
I like to carve on my snowboard and here is a cool vid from Japan.
Fun and mysterious ways with the Israel, Kurds, Turks, Iraq, Iran and America.
Here is a great blog with good analysis of Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087971455286111732004-06-23T07:14:00.000+01:002004-06-23T07:17:35.286+01:00The top 100 British albums.
Parameters has a good book review section. This issue reviews The New Chinese Empire: And What it Means for the United States. By Ross Terrill. New York: Basic Books, 2003. 432 pages. $30.00. Reviewed by Richard Halloran.
Here are some excerpts:
This is an altogether splendid book, lucid in writing, erudite without condescension, courageous in spirit. The author Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087833497712838762004-06-21T16:56:00.000+01:002004-07-26T10:38:01.723+01:00Here is one of the reasons that the rail system in Great Britain has slipped. Fragmentation of the railways has added duplication. You can not treat trains as buses.
H, who used to be a resident of Nottingham, wrote to me about his experiences with crime:
The popular crime at the time was squatting and it seems the laws of the UK allowed someone to break into your home and live there and you Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087737013086193332004-06-20T14:08:00.000+01:002004-06-20T16:39:11.663+01:00.
Lenton Hall, Nottingham. This actually a guest house, not the entry to Wollston Park
Do you want to see what the Chernobyl area looks like? Elena rode through on her motorcycle and took lots of photos. It is like a modern Pompeii with communist overtones.
Update: Sean, pointed me to this site about the Elena’s story about driving to Chernobyl. It is another fraud and I thought it was true Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087633523052773022004-06-19T09:23:00.000+01:002004-06-19T18:15:54.993+01:00Is email finished? I think we are hitting the limits of email with spam overwhelming inboxes and the time it takes to type out a message.
Here is one theory on why “YBM” Young British Males get in trouble at soccer or football matches.
Speed Cameras are horrible.
The galleria in the Council Building, Nottingham
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Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087548395984823072004-06-18T09:43:00.000+01:002004-06-18T09:46:35.983+01:00Redefining Counterterrorism ,The Terrorist Leader as CEO, By Bruce Hoffman. This is a great article that show the workings of al Qaeda a flexible corporation that can bounce back from setbacks. It is a very good read.
Are hybrid cars really worth it? At this stage of development they are not, in my opinion. Ian Murray writes a great article about them. This is a blog from an owner of a Honda Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087454315344207802004-06-17T07:33:00.001+01:002004-06-17T08:05:15.196+01:00What the French really think of the US.
Why would a western woman live in Saudi Arabia? Here is an article that explains the reasons behind that decision.
Here is Bush’s campaign strategy.
Here are some photos and a description of the new Army Combat Uniform. More here. Civilians my think that it is butt ugly, but when you are in the field, who gives a rats ass about fashion? I think it Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087418652074128182004-06-16T21:40:00.000+01:002004-06-16T21:48:11.176+01:00The loony left loves Chomsky and here is a site to debunk a lot of his crap. When I meet some of the loony left and they start their anti-American rants, I use some of the arguments that are on this web site punch holes in their logic. Most of the time they can not grasp it, because it like deprogramming members of a religious cult.
Highway 99 just added me to his list of links, so I will Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087324010152770762004-06-15T19:25:00.000+01:002004-06-16T21:49:59.746+01:00Hello from Munich Airport. I am waiting for my flight and typing this out on a free demo by Lufthansa and Boeing Connexion. Barvaria and the Zugspitze are beautful! I had a few minutes to think and read on the train coming from Garmish and the subway in Munich, so I will have some posts that I will type up later this week.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087097320608588582004-06-13T04:25:00.000+01:002004-06-13T04:28:40.606+01:00I am heading in a few minutes to Munich, Germany for a few days for work. Unless I can find a computer with internet access, I will see you on Wednesday.
When we first move to Nottingham, England, we thought it be a nice sleepy town, but it has most of the ills of a modern society. When we first moved to our neighborhood, the local warden gave us a paper with a warning on it about eight Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1087033227555286592004-06-12T10:35:00.000+01:002004-06-12T10:40:27.556+01:00We were in London a few days ago and since London has expensive and scarce parking, a toll to enter the city to reduce congestion and driving around it is for the insane, wifey and I thought it would be smart to take the underground in. I would advise people if you are going to take the tube give yourself lots of extra time. The trains do not show up like clock work.
Also if you have a baby Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1086818280456880962004-06-09T22:56:00.000+01:002004-06-09T23:08:18.916+01:00Do you really want to know what our enemies are thinking and saying to each other?
Read this. It is a transcript of a video that the Leader of the Salafi Group for spreading the faith and fighting. It is plain that they don’t like anybody who is not part of their organization and do everything to spread their message.
Also here is some analysis from the UPI on: Reading from al-Qaida's playbook
Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1086759555844255882004-06-09T06:36:00.000+01:002004-06-09T06:39:15.843+01:00The Weekly Standard has a great article on the transformation of public radio in America. The Reagan haters will have to give it’s due to the Gipper for opening up public radio so they would have a forum to air their views and get rid of “boring” classical music and inflict the BBC on the US.
Here is a top ten list to help the world using cost-benefit analysis.
Francis Fukuyama writes in Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1086672419518011522004-06-08T06:24:00.000+01:002004-06-08T06:26:59.520+01:00We are back from London. I will have a post about our adventures in London with a baby pram and the tubes.
More troops for Iraq from Korea.
Here is a list of troops by country and unit that is in Iraq.
Here is a way to save energy and generate more electricity.
I think we will have to rewrite the Geneva Conventions when dealing with terrorist. Should they apply to them when they have not Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1086467016665078802004-06-05T21:20:00.000+01:002004-06-05T21:26:08.940+01:00I will be in London tomorrow and Monday, so blogging will be light. Also since I posted the image of County Durham, the side bar with all the links have been displaced to the bottom of the page.
I am a big fan of P.J. O'Rouke and his latest work in the Wall Street Journal is classic. What would happen if America said screw the world, we are leaving.
One thing to whine about will be the fate of Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1086380619007321722004-06-04T21:22:00.000+01:002004-06-09T22:59:20.196+01:00I was driving around Northern England last week and here is a photo of the beautiful country side in County Durham.
If you like to see the BIG IMAGE click here.
Via One Hand Clapping. Here is a movie that you should see. You really want to see Baghdad? Go over to Gunner’s Palace. The trailers are excellent.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1086327095031159862004-06-04T06:25:00.000+01:002004-06-04T06:31:35.033+01:00Now I know why I like Ray Bradbury and dislike Michael Moore
Over at the Belgravia Dispatch the question is asked can anybody see the big picture. I think many have a view, distorted by our biases, and this limits the options that can we can be put on the table. This mean we will lengthen the time we will have to search for a solution to our problems.
Wretchard at the Belmont Club has written Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1086244230553386212004-06-03T07:25:00.000+01:002004-06-03T07:32:23.596+01:00How safe is oil supply in Saudi Arabia? It looks safe right now, but there is always the future to think about.
I wonder how long I will keep going to the Church of England with this crap going on.
Here is a real development from Iraq that will not get any play in the media. I saw the plans for the next rotations for Operation Iraqi Freedom 4 and 5 that are being firmed up, so we will be Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569510.post-1086162582557527982004-06-02T08:47:00.000+01:002004-06-02T13:03:05.873+01:00Over at the Expat Yank Robert asks:
What if John Kerry wins? And I can't even imagine what Utah Bob, Marc, Eric and Debbye and Murdoc might do.
Here are a few related thoughts on this question.
Many people have an inflated view of the President and the powers of the executive branch. The president can not create jobs or spend money. That is up to congress to do. The constitution states that Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212041979235059277noreply@blogger.com0