October 2009 - Argghhh!

If you need to catch up - click here.Here's the previous two components with a third. It's from Europe. It's a better picture. What more do you guys need? ...

In the 18 October Medal of Honor post, I made the following observation:In the first 50 years of the Medal's history - 98 percent went to living recipients. There are many reasons for this, not least among them was that the whole concept of medals like this was new, and it just didn't occur to people to award them to dead men. When I graduated from high school, there were 293 living recipients of the Medal. In July 2008, the Census Bureau reported the population of the United States to be...

Castle Security Enhancements® continue.Perimeter security patrols are that much closer to getting much more interesting.Humorless libs and other anti-gun types sit at their screens aghast. "You got all that mail-order!?!?!!!"Well, more accurately, internet-order-delivered-by-UPS....

When the Medal was orginally authorized by Congress, the Navy was specifically granted permission to award it for peacetime actions in recognition of the special perils inherent in the Naval Service in it's day-to-day operations. Today, those kinds of actions would be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, but back in the day, they were Medals of Honor. We start the six Medals awarded for actions on this day in history with two of those Naval Medals.Interim Awards 1871-1898 FLANNAGAN, JOHNRank...

As is to be expected as we move into the winter months, the number of Medals will drop off, day by day, and will trend to the 20th Century and beyond, as campaigning slowed immensely during the winter months as it's the fully-industrialized societies that find it easier to maintain a full military effort during the winter.There are three Medals awarded for actions on this day in history. One during the Civil War and two during WWII.We open with the Civil War and a fight at the very American-sounding...

Since we are all in an artsy kinda mood, how about the banning of this offensive bit of textile art???

Just a teaser...

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