Happy Birthday USA

Well good morning everyone. IÂ’ve not touched a PC in days. Ooh it felt so good. Well I did update my bookkeeping. But please I wonÂ’t tell if you donÂ’t. Been kind of blogsessed among other things. Had a big meal yesterday and let of fireworks like there was no tomorrow. Got fireworks to go to tonight the big ones. So we tried to let off all ours last night. Yep all fingies still intact. Oh yeah, steaks, Baked potato, salad, Sliced home grown tomatoes, Green peppers, Sweet corn and to top it all off strawberry cheese cake. Yum Yum. Got two Posey county melons and a watermelon for tonight to go with the hot dogs and burgers. I love America. Got the old flag up too Mr. President.

Here are a few items I was able to look up this AM.

The Northeast Intelligence network reports there is some evidence that terrorists would like to pull off an attack over the holiday weekend. I would also watch out on Tuesday, as they seem to like to catch us back at work the day after. Also they have some good commentary and analysis on the Iranian leadership.

Team of American Talk radio host to travel to Iraq looking for truth on their own dime.

UPDATE FROM RUSTY: I should have posted this weeks ago, but they good folks over at MoveAmericaForward e-mailed me awhile back looking for some promo on it. Apologies for not getting the word out earlier. You can check out the website from the group at Voices of Soldiers. Michelle Malkin also has a good fisking of those gainsaying the group here. /Rusty.

Let me just say propaganda is a good thing here. The enemy gets free propaganda all day long. Every time a car bomb goes off. Where are the stories about reconstruction, victories, and such? They donÂ’t sell as well. If we donÂ’t fight that the perception that we are loosing will only increase true or not. Other peopleÂ’s perceptions are a reality you have to deal with, even if you donÂ’t agree you still have to deal with it because for them it is reality. My boss taught me that. I hate it but itÂ’s true.

"The reason why we are doing it is we are sick and tired of seeing and hearing headlines by the mainstream media about our defeat in Iraq." Melanie Morgan...."The "Truth Tour" has been pulled together by the conservative Web cast radio group Rightalk.com and Move America Forward, a non-profit conservative group backed by a Republican-linked public relations firm in California".

Might be nice if they included a couple liberals but from the tone of the article it appears they are not interested. Full story at FOXNEWS

More tips coming in from IraqiÂ’s

A bit stale but adds to traderrobÂ’s earlier post that we are winning the hearts and minds ever so slowly. It appears IraqiÂ’s are getting fed up with the insurgency.

Also noticed that while reading FoxÂ’s site that little box on the right showed a bunch of insurgent activity. Zarqawi video and some car bombings were listed there. Sounds like a response to the PresidentÂ’s speech. The President tried to pick us up a bit. For sure they would try to undo that. That is to be expected, in my opinion. The Zarqawi Video could possibly be a signal of some kind as they seem to use that sort of thing like a starterÂ’s pistol.

And the latest from CNN we have bombed a terrorist operating site in Afghanistan today. Still a developing story.

Also this from FOXNEWS. Another missing soldier has been located in Afghanistan and has taken shelter in a civilian household. Many thanks, to the people who helped this guy out.

Milton Glaser interview.

I watched NOW the other day and this was a pretty good inteview. Milton has a new book out. This guy knows marketing and talks about how that science has invaded news and politics. Being a sucker myself I'm always intrested to learn how I'm being suckered.

"So, there's been a kind of shift, it seems to me in America, from an idea that truth is valuable to an idea that entertainment is more valuable. And as a result of that, it -- lying in public no longer has any consequences, because you get crazy in thinking about all these public lies. You know with-- They use the term spin, and of course spin is just a nice way to say lie. But everything is spun in order to achieve a certain result. The fascinating thing about it is that the public who has grown up conditioned by advertising perfectly accepts political misrepresentation this way".

Well thatÂ’s about it for me today. Just wanted to take a few lines here to say that IÂ’ve learned a lot over the last two weeks. For one I have learned just how much time and effort it takes to do this stuff. A big hat tip to all the guys who help out in this site and especially to Rusty. IÂ’ll try and keep up the posting as I see stuff prety quick at my job. IÂ’ll also try and keep up my regular Sunday and WTW posts. Skipped last night because I was afraid that blogging and boozing might not mix. Everyone have a good holiday itÂ’s back to the salt mine tomorrow. Oh yeah Rusty I'm doing the blockquote today. One tiny step at at a time.

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