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I've told you once before, and I'll tell you again, no one is special, or above anyone else, simply by virtue of serving in the military. That includes you. Maybe especially you, since you think you are special because of it. No one is somehow less of a person, or cannot understand the big...

I'm not dwelling on the mistakes and faults, I'm simply providing balance to those who dwell on the pretty and shiny to the exclusion of all else, to those who dismiss the faults as a meaningless means to justify the ends, to those who say, in effect, "Our good deeds are better than our bad...

On Thursday, April 1, 2010, India began its Census. 2.5 million people have the daunting task of counting that country's billion-plus population. It is described by Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, almost proudly, as "the biggest exercise... since humankind came into existence." Armed...

Like when the US goes into a country and tells everyone, "We're gonna do good things for you, whether you like it or not." Sometimes we don't even tell then that, we just do it.

Godzilla is real.

Tightly wind the yarn around your E-track straps, and you'll have a kicky fun tie-down for your cargo. The reaction of shippers is priceless, especially if you're White Glove.

Yup, there ya go. Most van fleet owners will not properly outfit a van, like with a bunk, Espar heater, and insulation, because they don't care, and because they know they can get another warm body into the van without much effort. I should be fair and say that "because they don't care" isn't...

Ah, the classic All-American Warm and Fuzzy. Yup, we Americans really love it when foreigners slather us with praise. We need it, even to the point of digging up something from 1973, to make us feel better, feel proud, feel superior somehow. "The Americans" was widely revived on the Internet...

California is represented in Congress by 2 Senators and 53 Representatives. The two senators are Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both Democrats. Of the 53 Representatives, 34 are Democrats, 19 are Republicans. It used to be said that the most liberal state was Massachusetts and the most...

Disdain for others' views is one thing, disdain for others is quite another. Unfortunately, many people fail to separate them, and will have disdain for others because of their views. I don't always achieve the goal of separating the views from the individual, but I try my best. As for sinning...

Of course :)

Well, I don't know. I mean, I don't know him, but if I were to make a judgment based on his writings, which can sometimes show a disdain for others, it could appear so. Elitism is the belief that certain persons or members of certain, classes, groups or school of thought, deserve favored...

Ed Freeman was far more impressive than the episode that got him a Medal of Honor. He served in World War II, Korea and Viet Nam. He and reached the rank of first sergeant by the time of the Korean War. Although he was in the Corps of Engineers, he fought as an infantry soldier in Korea. He...

Ed Freeman died August 20, 2008. It's not a surprise that's he's not in the headlines this week. Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009, eight months after Ed Freeman. It's not surprising that Michael Jackson's death pushed Ed Freeman off the news. Tiger Woods is still alive, and has largely...

Just for the record, the ""DO NOT RELY ON INFORMATION IN THIS FORUM. IT IS CORRUPT," comment reminded me of another post I read here in EO, where someone essentially ordered another person to stop berating people, and did so by berating them.It just cracks me up when someone is so transparently...

I'm headed home. Throwin' in the towel. I quit.

It's not talked about very frequently because it is a very fluid entity and cannot be quantified as precisely as Cost Per Mile and Cost Per Week. Fixed costs like insurance, and operating costs like fuel, can all be determined with relative certainty and accuracy. On the other hand, Profit Per...

You want salmonella? Play with a turtle. :D

For the sarcastically challenged, I'll repeat my comments with the appropriately slathered sarcastic snort at the end. Yeah, nothing about loads. And it's pretty common for someone to get out of orientation and then head to Nogales, El Paso and then Chicago, just for the Hеll of it. <snort>...

Yeah, nothing about loads. And it's pretty common for someone to get out of orientation and then head to Nogales, El Paso and then Chicago, just for the Hеll of it.