Posted here with permission, this was originally posted in 2010 by its author, Paratrpr, in the M1 Garand forum at forums.theCMP.org. 

First a little background…

If you know the history of the Battle of The Bulge, and I’d hope you remember at least a little of it from school, when history actually meant something in our educational world, you know that Bastogne was an ugly and desperate scene in several ways, and that battle spanned the height of the Christmas season.

The news reports trumpet, “The war in Iraq is over!  Our troops have left.”

BULL.

Yes, there was a ceremony to include casing of the pennant, but all the troops have not in fact left.  We still have troops there.  Home to the largest US Embassy in the world, with 16,000 people assigned at an estimated cost of $3.5 BILLION a year, are we supposed to believe there are no military personnel in-country?

The Saudi Gazette at
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20111218114027
reports today ”The Chinese invent self-cleaning clothing.”

BEIJING – Efforts to create self-cleaning cotton fabrics are bearing fruit in China. Engineers have created a chemical coating that causes cotton materials to clean themselves of stains and remove odors when exposed to sunlight. The researchers say the treatment is cheap, non-toxic and ecologically friendly.

Guaranteed to get a maintenance guy a bill for a couple of cheeseburgers, fries, and a drink at the flightline grill, and more.  Unfortunately, in this case I am one, and the other, or,… both.

So the government wants to drive the country further into debt.

It wants to continue it’s attack on the Constitution, and, oh by the way, that means attacking your rights and mine.  I sometimes wonder, however, if I’m the only one actually telling the politicians about it.  Surely if there were so many others doing so the politicians wouldn’t be acting as if they were unaccountable, would they?

If you don’t read Dr. Grumpy at least occasionally you’re missing a good blog.

And there’s a very good new post there today
at http://drgrumpyinthehouse.blogspot.com/2011/12/day-in-life.html.

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Our flag flies at half staff on December 7
in memory and recognition of those who died.

Service	Killed	Wounded	Total
Navy	2008	710	2718
Army	218	364	582
Marines	109	69	178

For the record, I’m 66 years old.

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Wow, what an experience that was.  I’ve worked Track and Field at club, high school, college, national, and international levels, including meets with Masters athletes and disabled athletes, but this weekend was a first for me in working The Senior Games, minimum age 50 — not just a few more experienced folks sprinkled in with the younger set as in Masters meets, but a whole gaggle of Seniors.

Talk about some great people!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068810/Saudis-fear-virgins-people-turn-gay-female-drive-ban-lifted.html