02-15-2009, 10:39
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Just finished rereading Mein Kampf (last time I read it was in German for an MA course for German speakers at IU) and it's just as awkward a read in English. Now rereading The Hobbit after not having read it in several decades...and am enjoying it immensely. I am now at Boern's lodge just West of Mirkwood. 
Richard's $.02 
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“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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02-15-2009, 16:48
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#167
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: PA
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Just started "Stonehenge" by Bernard Cornwell. Nerver read anything by him that I didnt like.
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02-25-2009, 18:33
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Midwest
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Just started Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts by Robert D. Kaplan, but today I just received my copy of Out of Captivity, Surviving 1,967 days in the Colombian Jungle by Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Tom Howes with Gary Brozek so I'll put down the former to start this one tonight.
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02-25-2009, 18:50
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Just started "Honduras to Haiti, Five Years in the Life of a Special Force Sergeant" by Ronald W. Johnson. I met the author a couple weeks ago at a local QP hang-out that I bartend at parttime. It's autographed! 
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A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny ~ Aesops Fables; The Lamb and the Wolf
Am fear nach gleidh na h-airm san t-sith, cha bhi iad aige 'n am a' chogaidh
"He that keeps not his arms in time of peace will have none in time of war" Old Gaelic
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. Thomas Paine
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02-27-2009, 10:39
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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I read primarily for pleasure. That being said, I have read and highly recommend all of Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series of books. Additionaly, I enjoy Brad Thor, Tom Clancy, and Andrew Britton.
Currently Reading:
The Last Jihad by Rosenberg
On Deck:
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
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02-27-2009, 19:48
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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I just finished a "Canticle for Liebowitz" by Warren M. Miller Jr.
This is of the "On the Beach" and "Alas Babylon" genre of late 50s early 60s post atomic war apocalypse.
It is very well written. The guy was a true wordsmith. A dictionary is very useful . It is interesting in that the story covers centuries with individual stories all linked together by a monastery in Utah.
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Thomas Jefferson
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02-27-2009, 20:27
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Just finished: The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove. A fascinating alternate-history read that will appeal to anyone interested in the Civil War. My only quibble is the fairly rapid character evolution of Lee (in pages, not in-character years), but I'll concede that in light of the excellence of the book and its already weighty length.
Currently: Understanding Terror Networks by Marc Sageman. I believe there's a thread about it.
On deck: A Path Out of the Desert by Kenneth M. Pollack. Again, I believe there's a thread.
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"Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I attack!" - General Ferdinand Foch, First Battle of the Marne
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02-28-2009, 09:00
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Just finished The Mission, The Men, and Me by Pete Blaber. Outstanding. So many lessons to be learned from this book. About to start Shadow Warriors by Tom Clancy.
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Fortune favors the bold
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02-28-2009, 10:07
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hawaii
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Picture books?
They don't make picture books for grown up folks do they?
Didn't think so...Instead I'm reading "On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace" by LT COL Dave Grossman (Ranger) and Loren Chirstensen (LEO). Excellent book if your lifer in this business...
Anybody else ever poop themselves upon engagement, and not the marital type...
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"Give me, Lord, what You have left over,
Give me what no-one ever asks You for."
Excerpt taken from SAS Soldiers Prayer ( http://www.estelmann.com/private/prayer.htm)
The entire prayer was found on the uniform of Lt. Andre Zirnheld, SAS, died in battle July 26, 1941, go to
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03-03-2009, 22:08
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Area Commander
Join Date: Feb 2009
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I'm getting close to finishing "The IRA" by Tim Pat Coogan. If you have ever wanted to know the entire story about the Irish Republican Army then this is the book to read. It covers the entire span from their beginings in the 19th Century to their activities in the present. Reading it so far has given me a better appreciation of my Irish heritage.
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03-04-2009, 04:05
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: America
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The Green Beret in You; Living with Total Commitment to Family, Career, Sports and Life by John Giduck with Special Forces Sergeant Major John A. Anderson (RET.). Good read so far. Something I will definitely pass on to my son when he is old enough to understand.
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03-04-2009, 08:45
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: North Carolina
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Books
Just finished "Five Years to Freedom" by Nick Rowe (2nd time reading it)
Reading some entertaining Mack Bolan books now.
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03-05-2009, 10:52
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Auxiliary
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Denver, CO
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I'm currently reading "It Never Snows in September: The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944".
Good book so far.
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03-05-2009, 14:26
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Minnesota
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Mind Gym
Just about done with "Mind Gym: An Athletes Guide to Inner Excellence" by Gary Mack. The book is reletively short, straight forward, and an easy read. One could easily finish it in less than a week. Mr. Mack lays out some simple methods the author uses with his clients to give them a mental edge. While reading, it was easy to see similarities between this book and and some of the tips given in "Get Selected", along with methods taught in Anthony Robbins books. Although Mack does not work directly with endurance athletes (the book uses mostly professional baseball, football, and golf atheltes as examples), it is easy to see how some of things would be useful to any athlete.
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03-05-2009, 16:24
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Quiet Professional
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The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman.
Richard
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“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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