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How ‘BOUT them Midshipmen! The Rule 5 post I never would have expected to write.

Posted by Deuce Geary on November 14th, 2009

Like Smitty, who does the weekly aggregation of Rule 5 posts at The Other McCain, I’m a Naval Academy grad. (Though Smitty’s just a kid – class of ‘95, I believe, while I’m Boat School ‘82.)
Navy’s awesome 23-21 victory over 19th-ranked Notre Dame last week gives me a great excuse to get active again in [...]

November 10, 1775

Posted by Deuce Geary on November 10th, 2009

“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.” -Author Unknown

Happy birthday, Marines!

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Monique Stewart’s grand understatement on Meghan McCain’s military expertise

Posted by Deuce Geary on October 14th, 2009

“HotMES” Monique Stewart has made a hobby of ridiculing Meghan McCain. Taking on McCain’s latest Daily Beast column about President Obama’s sloth in living up to his campaign promise to abolish the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on homosexuals, Monique titles her post Meghan McCain…military expert? Not so much.
Ah, Monique, how generous you are. [...]

A classy move by the Buckeyes

Posted by Deuce Geary on September 3rd, 2009

Some boat school classmates sent me this good news related to this weekend’s Ohio State – Naval Academy football match-up:

Ohio State’s athletic department is circulating an online video encouraging Buckeyes’ fans to welcome the Midshipmen on Sept. 5 like no other OSU opponent has every been welcomed.
The idea is for the 105,000 fans inside Ohio [...]

The perfect term for Obama’s nuclear policy . . .

Posted by Deuce Geary on April 6th, 2009

Is coined by Karl at Patterico’s Pontifications. It rhymes with “Leninist.” But isn’t.

First black first family is apparently first at everything, in some people’s minds

Posted by Deuce Geary on March 18th, 2009

It never ceases to amaze me how lefties project their own faults onto conservatives. So, Michelle Obama doing so doesn’t surprise me all that much (as reported by the Wall Street Journal):
By choosing Fort Bragg for her first official trip outside the capital last Thursday, Michelle Obama signaled that she will use her position as [...]

This is why you need to be skeptical . . .

Posted by Deuce Geary on February 2nd, 2009

Remember how we conservatives were so upset when Democrats labeled increased spending as “cuts” merely because the increase in a budget was not as big as expected or asked for? Huh? Remember that?
Looks like our side may have been guilty of the same thing regarding the defense budget.
Big difference, though. Whereas the shameless Left will [...]

Racists and rednecks re-elect Murtha! If we can’t kick him out of Congress, can we at least kick him out of the fraternity of Marines?

Posted by Deuce Geary on November 5th, 2008

“There’s no such thing as a former Marine.” That’s something every Marine is taught, and it symbolizes the common bond of all United States Marines, past, present, and future.

Long after I left the Corps, I met a young Marine who, upon learning of my service, reminded me that there’s no such thing as a [...]

D-Day, Google, and the Media

Posted by Deuce Geary on June 7th, 2008

Today is the 64th anniversary of the Allied invasion of occupied Europe, the most famous “D-Day” of them all. The heroism of these men remains inspiring. The evil they fought was horrifying. It is a day worth remembering.
Unless, of course, you’re Google, which lived up to its usual assholiness by ignoring D-Day in [...]

What do you say, Al Franken?

Posted by Deuce Geary on March 26th, 2008

Tuesday’s Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that a high school canceled a visit from some decorated Iraq and Afghanistan vets after getting some complaints from parents.
Steve Massey, the school principal, said the decision to cancel was prompted by concerns that the event was becoming political rather than educational and therefore was not suitable for a public school.
He [...]

A Welcome Addition to the USA

Posted by Deuce Geary on March 7th, 2008

You’ve read these stories before. U.S. soldier does multiple Iraq tours. Gets wounded, twice. Comes home to recover.
These stories are sometimes sad, sometimes inspiring, sometimes both.
The soldier in this story is a little different. He’s “The American GI from Berlin.”
I guess not every European despises the U.S.
But he isn’t a European [...]

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