February 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua R. Labbe - Someone You Should Know

Via Soldiers' Angels Germany's MaryAnn, we found this story of what one 10th Mountain NCO did when his whole day went to hell... Summit Soldier Receives Silver Star 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs Story and Photo...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 11:13 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Columbia University brings shame and dishonor to the Ivy League

From the NY Post: Hero's unwelcome Wounded Iraq vet jeered at Columbia By ANNIE KARNI Columbia University students heckled a war hero during a town-hall meeting on whether ROTC should be allowed back on campus. "Racist!" some students yelled...

Published Sun, Feb 20 2011 12:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Columbia families and Alums are speaking out

RE: Columbia University Brings Shame and Dishonor to the Ivy League I've been copied on some correspondence to the President of Columbia University. This one is from A FOURTH GENERATION COLUMBIA FAMILY: President Bollinger, I have written to you on...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 10:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Allen West- Allow me to retort

God Bless Allen West. He is s breath of fresh air in our fetid political process. This time he fields a wannabe gotcha question from an Islamist apologist and then beats him about the head and shoulders with the reality of Islamic terrorism. It is all...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 1:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

Pirate motherships?

The idea that pirates are now going Full Monty and have their own ships to ply the oceans doing pirate stuff is unacceptable. The Indian Navy caught a bunch of them and now we need to figure out what the price for piracy actually is. THE Indian navy and...

Published Mon, Feb 07 2011 11:41 PM by BLACKFIVE

A Book You Should Buy...

As noted below by Blackfive hisownself, you should save your money by not buying a certain book that gets a righteous beatdown by Jonn at This Ain't Hell. What you should do, instead, is look at buying this book. You help a good guy -- and vet --...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 11:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

The US and the Revolutions

A few thoughts on the revolutions, and how to respond. Responses are meant to be effective without opening a new ground war, which is a condition that has to be avoided for obvious reasons. Bahrain: This one of the three is the most significant in terms...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 12:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

The Men Who Stare At Goats Senators

By now, you all have probably heard about or read this story from muckraker Michael Hastings about Lieutenant General Caldwell utilizing Psy-ops resources (personnel) in order to influence American politiicans - specifically some very key Senators. ....

Published Thu, Feb 24 2011 10:38 PM by BLACKFIVE

Stuxnet Part Deux

We can only hope, but regardless Ah-mah-nuttah-job and his compatriots took a shot in the nads with this. Iran told atomic inspectors this week that it had run into a serious problem at a newly completed nuclear reactor that was supposed to start feeding...

Published Sat, Feb 26 2011 6:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Men Who Stare at Goats Senators - Part II

RE: The Men Who Stare at Goats Senators [Part I] Our own McQ, has an update to the story of LTC Holmes vs. LTG Caldwell. It's looking more and more to come out in favor of LTG Caldwell - which is what we predicted. ...Except LTC Holmes job wasn’t...

Published Sun, Feb 27 2011 11:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Bust Their Chops

EXCLUSIVE - Jorge Rivera Vs. Michael Bisping Interview Leaked

Yes, we're fans of Army vet Jorge "El Conquistador" Rivera. Yes, he's going to crush Michael Bisping who happens to be from some island (full of illiterates) in the Med that you never heard of. You can read the posts in the Jorge Rivera...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 9:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Humor, Sports, Jorge Rivera

Blue Skies request

Hey Folks, Someone who means a lot to me (not direct family and no one y'all know) just told me she has advanced stage *** cancer. That ain't good and she asked for my prayers. I will give them as honestly as I can, but many of you are on much...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 2:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Atlas Shrugged movie trailer & book review

I remember exactly when I became a conservative or a libertarian, to the extent that I am either. Maybe a better explanation is I remember when I decided that individuals were more important than the state. I was 14 and in the back seat of our car coming...

Published Sat, Feb 12 2011 2:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

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