Archive for November, 2013
Oprah Winfrey has been taking a lot of heat lately for her “racists just need to die” comment. “‘There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die,’ she said.” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/15/oprah-racists-die_n_4280460.html) Many people are expressing outrage at […]
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Tags: oprah, racism, veteran writers
My father recently told me this story, which brought home the emotional impact of JFK’s assassination. Although I’ve heard parts of it before, I never heard this one little detail. I don’t think my generation has ever been as respectful of Presidents as my parents’ generation was, but until I heard this story I really […]
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Tags: JFK, Kennedy assassination, veteran writers
In one of the police academies I attended we watched a video of a police shooting. Two officers in two patrol cars were on a traffic stop and tried to arrest a passenger who had given them a fake name. The passenger started swinging, punched both officers and knocked them to the ground, then ran […]
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Tags: george zimmerman, knockout game, trayvon martin, veteran writers
Olight S20 flashlight review
This review was published in a slightly edited form on kitup.military.com on November 18th, 2013. http://kitup.military.com/2013/11/olight-s20-reviewing-tactical.html ———————————————————————————- The Olight S20 flashlight has many good features. First of all, it’s light, tiny and easy to carry. No matter how great a flashlight is, if it’s not comfortable to carry it’s going to stay in the house […]
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Tags: olight s20, tactical flashlight, veteran writers
Poetry again: I Run Away Quickly
This is the Iraq poem I mentioned several months ago, titled “I Run Away Quickly”, I.R.A.Q., which was some anonymous soldier’s clever acronym. I think it applies perfectly to the convoy escort mission my unit had. It felt like running away was all we did over there. As convoy escorts, we weren’t there to look […]
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Tags: iraq, poetry, veteran writers
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