Rocket Jones

August 30, 2004

Striking

Over at Q & O (happy birthday guys!), McQ posts a moving and devastatingly effective rebuttal to a comment that I thought cut right to the heart of the matter concerning the Swift Boat Veterans ads.

Until I read the comments, where one Viet Nam veteran summed it all up in as perfect a way as I could ever imagine:

"If Kerry loses, that will be the parade that we never had."

John Kerry is paying for his actions upon returning from the war.

Posted by: Ted at 01:23 PM | category: Politics
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August 21, 2004

Picking up after (ancient) peoples

Two recent discoveries that pegged my cool-o-meter:

Archaeologists exploring the bottom of the sea off the island of Capri have found the wrecks of three ancient ships that once plied the Mediterranean between Rome and northern African colonies.

They've identified two cargo ships from the first century, another from the fourth, as well as other wrecks ranging in age from medieval times to World War II.

Also announced was this:

A Viking body, believed to be that of a woman who was buried 1,100 years ago, has been discovered at an undisclosed site north of Dublin, Ireland's National Museum said.

Posted by: Ted at 07:52 AM | category: History
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August 20, 2004

Holiday

August 31st is celebrated by most Baltic states as the official end of World War II, because on that date Russia withdrew her troops.

That's August 31, 1994.

Posted by: Ted at 08:12 AM | category: History
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August 17, 2004

Wisdom

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." -- Thomas Jefferson

Posted by: Ted at 09:19 PM | category: History
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