tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130859842012-05-24T05:19:20.393-10:00Life and observations from the pointy end of the spear.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15321078272480623428noreply@blogger.comBlogger1836125tcoverridehttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13085984.post-42336169903323538272012-05-24T05:19:00.000-10:002012-05-24T05:19:20.412-10:002012-05-24T05:19:20.412-10:00

In February 2012, Gold Star Families of 109 Marines, soldiers, sailors or airmen lost in Iraq or Afghanistan since 9/11 came to the Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco to network with each other and to help each other with the grieving process. In the past seven years, we have worked with more than 600 Gold Star families. This year, we invited Lieutenant General John Kelly, USMC to

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A guest post from Kevin P. Remembering Why We Observe Memorial Day Memorial Day has its origins in the aftermath of the American Civil War.  The bloodiest conflict in our nation's history, veterans and the loved ones of fallen soldiers decided it was appropriate to set aside a day of remembrance for those who died.  Originally known as Decoration Day, this scattered-scheduled and

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Well, except for all those hydrocarbons released when they burn...

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Ranger Up (and our rugby brand, American Sin Bin) is giving away tickets to the College Rugby Championships on June 2-3 in Philadelphia to active military and veterans. 

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> > Ranger Up (and our rugby brand, American Sin Bin) is giving away tickets to the College Rugby Championships on June 2-3 in Philadelphia to active military and veterans. > > > > KC

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I don't care if a presidential candidate pushed a 6-year-old girl with downs into a chipper shredder.   I don't care if a presidential candidate has smoked weed, snorted coke, or shot heroin.   I don't care if a presidential candidate has eaten dog, cat, blue whale, or bald eagle.   I don't care if a presidential candidate love gays, hates gays, doesn't care about gays, or is gay.   I

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1. This:

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How we intend to maintain the safety of our astronauts and the hundreds of billions invested in space stations and satellites, when our only route to space is in a rocket designed by the russians in the 60's. because when I go looking for technical achievement, safety, and reliablity I always think Moscow. I am all about the privatization of space... But we should be pumping as much money as

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Ladies and gentlemen, we've been graced with a visitor from Thailand! He's made some delightfully insightful comments on the other posts lately, be sure to check them out: IP Information - 180.180.223.74 IP address:                     180.180.223.74Reverse DNS:                    [No reverse DNS entry per ns1.apnic.net.]Reverse DNS authenticity:       [Unknown]ASN:

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I recently republished a story written by Randy Cassingham, before he had the chance to publish it on his own site. It was purely an accident, as I did no relaize I was publishing something that he's reserved for his paid subscribers, instead of his "free" subscribers. Randy has always been a supporter of me (starting way back before I started blogging by sending me thousands of his "Get out of

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I read today that a tranny was petitioning to compete in the Miss America pageant. The sexist jokes are so easy to write, it isn't even sporting.

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Ways you can help (shamelessly stolen from the video's description on YouTube): Please help bring this story to light with the mainstream media by watching and sharing. To support the Strait Family directly, please donate to: The Nancy and Bob Strait Support Trust Arvest Bank, Tulsa Branch 502 S. Main St Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 To contact John Stewart and Stephen Colbert: Twitter:

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Thethe Pakistan-based Haqqani network--not the taliban, have begun their spring offensive in Afghanistan.  The taliban takes credit of course, but then they also take credit, almost daily for destroying American Tanks--which there are zero of in Afghanistan.  The taliban takes credit for everything--unless it's a bad thing, then they blame the Americans, the Puppet government in Afghanistan, or

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Watch the boy:

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see more Lolcats and funny pictures, and check out our Socially Awkward Penguin lolz! Chuck is back in Hawaii and has been reunited with his family. I'd guess he won't be on Facebook/Twitter/the blog any time soon, but attempting to predict what Chuck will do is just plain crazy. If you're looking for a place to say "Welcome Home" or whatever else comes to mind, here's a place to do it.

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By now, Robert Stokely should be a familiar name to most of you.  If not, this and this are worth reading.  Robert is running for District 71 Georgia House of Representatives (State Legislature, not Congress.)  You can follow him on Facebook here and his campaign web page is www.StickwithStokely.com.  Even if you don't live in that area, I'm sure he'd appreciate the support. He's also going to

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"You can't teach an old dog new tricks"M. VickWhen I first kicked this blog off, one of the things I mentioned was that I felt there was no place for gays in the military.  I never supported the repeal of DADT. After a lot of thinking on this topic, and as I get ready to travel home, I've changed my outlook.I don't dislike homosexuals.  I don't know whether sexuality is a genetic predisposition

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--Chuck

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--Chuck

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(May include some cross posts) At Blackfive: Subsunk - Godspeed, Lex Pinch - Lex McQ - God Speed, CAPT Carroll LeFon (Neptunus Lex) At USNI: Chap - Pardon Him, Theodotus: Neptunus Lex: Carroll LeFon UltimaRatioReg - A Remarkable Man Has Stepped Into the Clearing; Captain Carroll LeFon USN (Ret.) 1960-2012 CDRSalamander - Neptunus Lex – Thank You and Farewell LCDR Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong -

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It is with a heavy heart that I report the death of longtime friend and fellow milblogger Neptunus Lex. Lex was an aviator, a fighter pilot by trade, a milblogger, a husband, and a friend. Lex was killed when his plan crashed this morning. Lex was an integral part of Project VALOur-IT, and was often either the team captain or member of the Navy Team. From his last blog entry: "It’s funny

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