My Soap Box

Will the offensive in Falluja have the effect the coalition wants in regards to quelling the violence in Iraq? Time will tell. Removing Saddam didn’t seem to undermine the insurgents determination, indeed it seemed to strengthen their resolve. The basis of hatred runs deeper than one man. Saddam... Sign in to see full entry.

Every where I went a blog idea popped into my head. The nurses laugh, trickling like notes on the musical scale. The strange group of people with various bandages all waiting for the doctor to come back. The fist man to get called, I only know his name was Lars. As they faded down the hallway we... Sign in to see full entry.

A photo of flag draped coffins stirs up a hornets nest of controversy. The military claims the photo was unauthorized. On the other hand is freedom of the press being abused? I can understand why the military would not want a photo of flag draped coffins on the front page of every newspaper in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tired of the instant “can you hold-click” routine? Service crappy at your favorite coffee outlet? Blame the workers! That is what Tim McGuire does in an article I read this morning. He observes that American workers have stopped caring. Well what a surprise that is to exactly no one that has worked... Sign in to see full entry.

The liberal answer to conservative talk radio stumbles right out of the blocks. Cash flow problems or routing snafu? Spin is already rampant. Will liberal talk radio work, or is it the exclusive domain of the right? The one thing I come away from what little talk radio I have accidentally tuned into... Sign in to see full entry.

I realize that most everyone is connected to the internet via cable modem, DSL, Satellite or some other whiz bang “good golly” method but out here in the sticks, we is stuck with jist these two little teeny tiny phone wires. Phoney wires is more like it. So, please have mercy on us backwoods types... Sign in to see full entry.

Claims and counterclaims fly at the 9/11 commission hearings. Thomas Pickard, interim FBI director, claimed Attorney General John Ashcroft told him that he didn’t want to hear any more about terrorism. Ashcroft denies this allegation. The truth here is one of them is lying. The motives are to keep... Sign in to see full entry.

I have met another blogger. Ltlmac70 is her Blogit name and our connection is motocross racing. Our sons race at the local track. I have chronicled our racing endeavor in my Ballet on Dirt blog in the sports category. Her adventures are posted in her Kids Matter blog in the Family and Education... Sign in to see full entry.