Ya’ll know I love my Vols.

You also know I love the fella’s over at Rocky Top Talk.

Well they recently sent out a quest for volunteers to give them a hand and you know I had to throw my name in that hat figuring “Hell, why not.”

And as Eric would say, rubberneckers let me tell you I was selected. I guess they figured they could not get a more Vol obsessed lunatic, even if he lives in another state. But whatever the reason I am honored.

Now I ain’t doing anything huge. I’m doing a very small thing over there. Just watching for leads for the main writers, but its still awesome just the same. These fella’s are the know-all’s of Knoxville insofar as I am concerned. The most calm, rational and straight forward reporting you get out of the area.

So a chance to work with them, even as tiny as what I’ll be doing, is very cool.

So keep yer eyes peeled over at RTT folks. I’ll be cross posting stuff here as I always do, but I’m happy to say they are letting me be part of the show.

Tags: Basketball, Football, Go Vols, Knoxville, Obsession, Rocky Top Talk, SEC, Sports, Technorati, Tennessee, University of Tennessee, Vols, Volunteers

The Mechanic is deployed yet again. So I have again been asked to assist in keeping some regular content at his website Frozen in Drum, a Fort Drum, and 10th Mountain focused MilBlog.

Drop in over there sometime, say Hi. Wander around.

Just make sure we don’t let the dog out unsupervised all right?

Tags: 10th Mountain, Army, blog, Fort Drum, Guest Blogging, Milblog, Military, New York, Technorati

71% of almost 1 million voters in the state voted for us to Opt out of Proposition C (we reviewed it here)

Final numbers in what will be one of the most watched Senate elections in the US?

• Robin Carnahan with 264,742 votes
• Roy Blunt with 409,806 votes

And just for fun I want to point out something that will tweak a lot of folks.

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Tags: Headlines, Interesting, Mass Media, Missouri, Number, Obamacare, Primary, Proposition C, Technorati, Vote

Today is apparently The Armorer’s Natal Day

So in honor of He of the Large guns and Margarita’s:

1st Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Division , Reinhausen Germany 1919

Tags: Artillery, Birthday, Castle Argghhh!, Celebrate, Technorati, The Armorer, The Donovan

Todays revelation regarding the Arizona immigration law set me to thinking as well as set me to anger.

When I got home I reread two articles that I found rather intriguing regarding the issue. Both written by Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, Prof. William Richardson. Professor Richardson is also a blogger, whom runs a site called Legal Insurrection.

I won’t pretend to be anywhere near as knowledgeable of the law as the good Professor, I will attempt to understand, and be as clear ,as best I can.

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Tags: Arizona, Freedom, Immigration, Law, legal, Military, problem, States Rights, Technorati, Thomas Jefferson, Vote

You know, right or wrong there is a implied slant to this story that just makes my blood boil.

She also told the story of her father’s death in 1965, saying he was killed by white men who were never charged. She said she made a commitment to stay in the South the night of her father’s death, despite the dreams she had always had of leaving her rural town.

I have, quite literally, lived all over this country.

I call Georgia home solely because I lived there longer than anywhere else. From 1986 until 1996 it was my home, still standing as the longest stretch in anyone place for me.

In that time I saw a lot of thing. Racism was not the common thing however.

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Tags: Buffalo, Hate, New York, racism, Sheila Sherrod, South, Technorati, True story

Sometimes folks say they are.

Others prove it

H/t Cassandra

Tags: Blogger, Blogroll, Heh, Mind Numbed Robot, Technorati, Villainous Company

On my way to work the sun shined.

The smell of fresh cut hay wafted in to my truck over that of my coffee.

Passed a farm near my home where horses ran free.

And the sunrise this morning?

Just gorgeous.

I had a E-mail from someone I contacted yesterday in my Inbox with a whole lot of paperwork.

And I was happy about it.

Its not a big change and it’s not guaranteed.

But hell I gotta try. If you never swing you never get a hit.

I do not know  whether it was the E-mail I got, or the one I sent, or even the decision behind it all.

But today is a beautiful day.

Tags: Blogger, BloodSpite, Change, Milblog, Missouri, Technorati

Blackfive has the best run down of the scenario

When you jump into the political ring, you know (and Nick and April Popaditch know) that politics can get dirty.  You expect attacks on your politics, your conduct of your life, etc.

But you don’t expect the media to attack you war wounds with an editorial cartoon…you don’t really expect a blatant disrespect for your service…like this cartoon that appeared in Saturday’s (July 10th) edition of the Imperial Valley Press:

Heaven forbid the media actually address issues.  But then, when has the media ever actually been about balanced, and unbiased rhetoric?

Tags: Bias, logger, Marine, media, Milblog, office, Politics, Stupid, Technorati

Is back in the Blogging saddle!

Welcome Back Tami!

H/t Laughing Wolf

Tags: Bad Example, Blogger, Milblog, Military, Support, Tammi, Tammi's World, Technorati