We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:06:06 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...wherein I shamelessly pander to better bloggers than myself! Erik, at ¡No Pasaran! points to the voice in Iraq the MSM ignores, Iraqis. I particularly like the scorn that Iraqi Pundit heaps upon La Dowd. He then channels Oscar Wilde, to twit some detractors, and, finally, a little note about sincerity... If you want a glimpse of the Enemy, Jennifer has it for you. NOT for people who are easily knocked out of their Happy Groove for the day. If you'd rather keep it lite, she offers up General Franks on Kerry, and a joke you Legs won't appreciate. This... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:39:41 -0600 Ahhh... so now I'm in the select group of "better bloggers than myself", huh? *checks wallet, counts fingers, toes, limbs, cats, dogs, and relatives...* Ok, kewl. ;] What?!? (00) Paranoid? Me?!? Nahhh. ;]p PS: You can take all the relatives you want, but leave the wallet and the cats alone... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html#comment-7661 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html#comment-7661 Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:57:19 -0600 A small note vis a vis Heinlein's Starship Troopers. In the book, "federal service veterans" earn the franchise. The story is centred on the Mobile Infantry but Heinlein mentions other non-military forms of federal service including volunteering for medical experiments, work in radioactive radioactive environments or Antarctic truck-driving. I imagine some combination of all of the above is possible too! :) /pendantic intervention http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html#comment-7656 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html#comment-7656 Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:07:57 -0600 Thanks for the link and the blogolanche of readers. Awesome roundup!! SlagleRock Out! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html#comment-7655 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html#comment-7655 Sun, 17 Oct 2004 13:28:59 -0600 Hey, thanks for the link...! :) Great roundup, by the way! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html#comment-7653 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/weekend_reads.html#comment-7653 Sun, 17 Oct 2004 11:06:55 -0600