09-26-2009, 23:34
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FWIW - wasn't a scandal and HRP didn't rescue his staff - he paid the Bull and a few of his former SF employees to do it - big difference in my mind. 
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Correct you are Sir, but HRP did initiate and auhorize the rescue.
Scandal is not the correct term.
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09-26-2009, 23:39
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...but HRP did initiate and auhorize the rescue.
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MOO - HRP showed great loyalty to his employees and did what HRP does - pays people to do things for him and then basks in the praise.
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09-30-2009, 08:46
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historical imagining begins the moment anyone sits down and tries to describe the past
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History is dependant on a few things. Interpretation for one and who actually wrote a particular portion of history.
A for instance: In my area, young Col. George Washington during the French and Indian War. A battle at a place called Great Meadows at an encampment named Fort Necessity.
There is a vast difference between the British interpretation and that of the French. Ive read both accounts and tend to lean toward that of the French.
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09-30-2009, 12:01
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MOO - HRP showed great loyalty to his employees and did what HRP does - pays people to do things for him and then basks in the praise.
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Was a good book though, a real eye opener for me.
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10-01-2009, 19:30
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The Lie That Wouldn't Die - The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
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10-08-2009, 01:30
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Current Book
I am currently reading "Tears in the Darkness" - (The Story Of The Bataan Death March And Its Aftermath) by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman.
I am about 1/3 of the way through it. The book bounces between the Japanese and American sides of battle. Lots of information about strategies from each side and the thoughts of the leaders. Great book so far 
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10-10-2009, 16:16
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Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency
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10-12-2009, 14:21
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Oda in the Stan
I am reading The Hunt for Bin Laden by Robin Moore. Great accounts of the initail push into A-Stan. Wondering how many of you gentelmen might have been part of the "Tiger" teams. Anyway book is a great example of how building raport can be so efective in UW. I know, I know, im gonna go do some PT.
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10-12-2009, 22:59
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Signing Their Lives Away
The fame and misfortune of the men who signed The Declaration of Independance, by Denise Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese
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10-13-2009, 04:02
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Must be OBLs lesser known cousin from Southeast Afghanistan - the guy who lives in that trailer park just outside of Qandahar. 
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“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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10-13-2009, 04:50
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Tears in the Darkness
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I am currently reading "Tears in the Darkness" - (The Story Of The Bataan Death March And Its Aftermath) by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman.
I am about 1/3 of the way through it. The book bounces between the Japanese and American sides of battle. Lots of information about strategies from each side and the thoughts of the leaders. Great book so far |
I really liked this book. Of note is his wife and co author wrote a book on the military nurses trapped on Bataan which I am going to read. I believe it is called "We Band of Angels".
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10-13-2009, 05:06
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Sacred Journeys: Pilgrimages In Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam (629-1324) in Discovering the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence, 3rd ed.
Currently reading Ennin's Diary - The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law (837-847).
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“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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10-17-2009, 15:13
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I wish I would have done more reading of the classics in school. I'm going to be driving between Charleston and Fayetteville often so I grabbed a few audio books.
On my trip last week I started Atlas Shrugged and I am really enjoying it. I understand why there are so many blogs popping up now with references to that book. I read 1984 and thought it could be possible 200 years from now; I then read Fahrenheit 451 and thought it could be possible 100 years from now. Now I get to this one and it scares the hell out of me.
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10-17-2009, 19:46
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Christianity 100 AD
Dead Sea Scrolls, wishing I could find the Cliff Notes version.
Thought it would add a few dynamics to my Arabic class.
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10-18-2009, 18:58
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I am reading One Second After by William Forstchen
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The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by the band members and Neil Strauss.
The first book, for those who have not heard, is a fictional story about what a man and his family after an electro-magnetic pulse has been detonated in the USA.
The Motley Crue book talks about their lives before, during and after their success in the late 80s. I was not a fan of the band themselves prior to reading the book and after reading it am glad I was not a fan of them. I do like some of their music, but they lead a life much different than my own. If one enjoyed the rock music from the 80s, loan the book from your library if it has it. It certainly is not a waste of a read but it does contain adult content.
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