June 28, 2010

The Korean War

 ... aka 'The Forgotten War'
 ... aka 'Truman's Police Action'

 ... began 60 years ago on June 25th, 1950, along the 38th parallel.


It was a war that was never declared as a war but rather termed a "police action".

A Few Facts About "The Forgotten War":


33,741  US Dead
23,615  Killed In Action
92,134  US Wounded (not including those lightly wounded and returned to action)

389 POWs were known to have been alive after all U.S. POWs supposedly returned.

I doubt that the men who fought at Inchon and the Chosin Reservoir   and the families of those KIA have ever forgotten.

The Korean War

The Korean War

The Kiss

 V-J Day, 14 August 1945. 
Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt 
 


Edith Shain


June 24, 2010

Be Careful ...

... what you ask for, you just might get it.

Back in 2007-2008, I was one of those folks saying:


Well, look what that got us:

Lord of the Flies


How apropos, as flies are attracted to garbage and sh*t, in this case the bullsh*t that speweth forth.

Beelzebub , prince of demons, 'who also destroys by means of tyrants', is also known as lord of the flies.
 

June 14, 2010

The Heroes of Iran

June 12th marked the 1st anniversary of the student-led uprising in Iran.

 
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