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A Christmas Greeting From Iraq
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Posted December 18th, 2007 at 10:34 pm by bob in From the front | No Comments »
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Some Days Just Stink
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Snopes.com gives this poem an uncertain origin and lists two possible/probable authors. I believe if you will just think as you read it…, well, give it a try…
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A Different Christmas Poem
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Just in case you thought it safe to visit New Orleans for personal or professional reasons, take a look at this from today’s New Orleans newspaper, the Times-Picayune.
“CBD” is “Central Business District.”

See article here.
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AFTER anarchy, is New Orleans safe?
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Posted December 10th, 2007 at 1:49 pm by bob in Uncategorized | No Comments »
There are always leftovers. We’re talking extra pieces after assembly of Christmas toys, a third drumstick on that Thanksgiving turkey (???), concrete after a paving job, and pictures after using others to tell a story.
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I was born les than four years after the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, so I have no memory of it. However, I, like so many others, have seen the newsreels and photographs of the time. A study of the history of that time shows how widespread and aggressive the Japanese intentions were.
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2007
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Alas For The Brownies!
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To succeed in battle, one must either break the will of the enemy or reduce the enemy strength to less than that of his own. [Karl Von Clausewitz]
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Draining The Enemy
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Logistics and Storming The Wall
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I love work — I could watch it for hours.
That’s my mantra now that I’ve been retired for a few years.
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I Love Work — Work Begins With Problems to Solve
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Posted December 4th, 2007 at 11:00 pm by bob in Uncategorized | No Comments »