January 2010 - Argghhh!

There are seven Medals awarded for actions on this day, ranging from the Civil War to World War II, with combat and naval lifesaving Medals. One is posthumous.Civil War. Three more sailors getting Medals for the Fort Fisher campaign.ANGLING, JOHN Rank and organization: Cabin Boy, U.S. Navy. Born: 1850, Portland, Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Pontoosuc during the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, 24 December 1864 to 22 January 1865...

This is almost worth giving up widebody pay for (kidding).

An earthquake victim was carried in to be treated. (Brendan Hoffman for The Wall Street Journal) Boq

...to Congress....

I had an epiphany. We need to back off on this guy. He was just trying to make an honest buck to cover his bar tab.Put those ropes down and lemme 'splain. Anyway - ya wanna lynch somebody, lynch Frank - he's the one who made it clear to me when he said "I thought he was just the doorman?" in the comments to the post. It reminded me of an applicable TINS.Back before the Auld Soldier retired, he was the Professor of Military Science at the University of Missouri. Mizzou is one of...

Methinks this'll be turned around pretty fast...

Last week, Sen. McCain visited the Republic of Georgia . Among the shower of gifts and awards that Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili showered upon the Arizona Senator was this little number. I wonder what he was thinking: "Hey Sarah, can you now let me shoot at your Meese up in Wasilla?" Boq

Um, France is mad that the US is "occupying" Haiti.Heh.What this really means is - "Haiti was ours! We get first dibs on rescuing them, even if it will take weeks longer and we could never mount an operation from scratch like you guys are doing in-stride, in the middle of fighting two campaigns across the globe and that hurts our feelings. We should at least be in charge and telling you what to do. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! My soft parts hurt!"Memo to the French gov't. This...