Today’s Big News: Gannett’s Army/Air Force/Navy/Marine Corps Times family of publications will publish an editorial on Monday calling for Rumsfeld’s resignation. This lil item is only big in the sense that a
Long ago, I worked for the company that owns the military Times publications, although my own paper was aimed at the civilian side of the government (we called our small corner of the newsroom "the demilitarized zone.") Maybe things have changed in 20 years but I can assure you that back then the Times papers were even more mindlessly pro-military than the Pentagon itself (which is kind of like being more Catholic than the pope, but with superior firepower). If they're taking aim at the SecDef -- and timing their battery fire for maximum political effect -- it's reasonable to believe that the generals have reached a point that in many countries would be followed in short order by a military coup.
Disclaimer: Link provided for entertainment purposes only. There’s no useful information at the link, just a few good laughs.
Things may have changed since my day, but it used to be the AF Times was only good for the promotion lists it published. I never subscribed, and I never really had to, anyway. There were so many free copies floating around that subscribing would have been a serious waste of money. It’s the ol’ “cow-milk-free” argument… But I digress. What the sergeant really means is the Military Times family of publications in no way reflect the opinion of the military they purport to represent. They’re just rags, pure and simple.
Glenn has more, including a couple of e-mails from readers with very pertinent comment.
Voted today…and the only significant deviation from The Party Best-Equipped to Kill Terrorists was my vote for Kinky Friedman for guv’nor. Governors aren’t exactly in the bid’ness of killing terrorists, and I hope it never comes to that. You may think I threw my vote for governor away and perhaps I did. But…I think Kinky will make a damned fine governor. We need more cigars and bourbon in our state houses and less focus-group crap.
OK…short post, coz this stuff is distracting me from the usual, customary, and reasonable bid’ness of a Saturday: football!
Today’s Pic: Another pic from the Great European Divorce Tour, this time a lovely Dutch Girl who worked the counter at The (original) Bulldog Coffee House in
I don't get this whole voting ahead of time thing. Here we vote on election day, we don't vote ahead.
ReplyDeleteI don't have an issue with early voting; I think it's a good idea, especially for folks who are "on the clock" and would have to take time off to vote. Early voting gives them more options.
ReplyDeleteBut that's not what I did. I mailed my absentee ballot in yesterday. It was a real near-run thing. Me, being the procrastinator I am, didn't request an application for an absentee ballot until about two weeks ago. So, after receiving, completing, and mailing the application, I had to wait for the actual ballot to arrive, which came in yeterday's mail. Like I said, a near-run thing. But...the ballot only has to go to Livingston, Texas, which is about an hour and a half north of Houston. I think it'll make it by Tuesday.
How about that. As I started reading your post today, I remembered that the only Navy Times I ever bought was when I made PO1, to see my name in the promotion list. Ha! And there you said exactly what I was thinking.
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