We Americans sure do love our wars! We've had glorious wars that were fought with brave soldiers to secure our future and the future of our human race. Like the American Revolution, World War I, WWII are just a few examples of wars that we called "Great" "Just" and even "Glorious".

Then there's those we prefer not to mention, like the Civil War, the hundreds of wars against native Americans, and the wars we lost like Vietnam. Most wars tend to be over land or oil; or oil in land, or slaves. Summed up as "brownish people not doing what we want them to do".
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 06/15/2014 23:28:09 by Will in Chicago)

I seem to have a mental block about blogging on Friday. Or it could be that I haven't had my coffee yet.

Anyway.
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32 comments (Latest Comment: 06/13/2014 20:34:20 by wickedpam)

Yesterday, the state of Virginia engaged in an exercise near and dear to the hearts of any American who values their say in government: voting. It was primary day here, and Ms. Raine and I certainly went to the polls to vote for the Democratic candidate we wanted to replace retiring House Rep Jim Moran. Sadly, our choice did not win. Don Beyer will be the Dem candidate, which means he is the de-facto House Rep for Virginia's 8th district come next January. Our district is deep blue.

That was barely a blip on the radar. The BIG news was that House Majority leader (and perpetual asshole) Eric Cantor lost in the primary to a Tea Party challenger (Dave Brat). While Brat takes a stand on numerous issues (his stance is as far-right as you can get without falling off the edge of the flat earth), his main campaign focus was on immigration, and Eric Cantor's audacity to consider reform. I find it hard to believe that the voters in that district are that fired up over immigration, when there are so many other pressing issues to deal with, but then - I find it hard to believe people actually vote for Republicans at all.
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50 comments (Latest Comment: 06/12/2014 00:06:21 by Will in Chicago)

I just woke up. I'm still spent. I will have a blog in a little while.
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28 comments (Latest Comment: 06/09/2014 23:40:56 by Will in Chicago)

Good Morning.

On June 2, 1995, an American was shot down over a war zone. While he wasn't captured, he spent over a week eluding the enemy at the time, and was rescued with much fanfare on June 9. At the time, he became a celebrity of sorts, and was celebrated and honoured by just about everyone. You may remember him as Captain Scott O'Grady.

A generation before him, we were fighting another war in another place. This time, it was lengthy and serious, and many thousands of Americans were held in place as Prisoners of War. Although some trickled out for medical reasons, and an ocassional escape, the bulk of them were released and came home after the Peace accords were signed in 1973. Some of them were in captivity for more than 5 years. Although we know of all the issues returning veterans of that conflict faced, perhaps the most famous homecoming photo of all came from this conflict.
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 06/07/2014 13:32:36 by BobR)