Eggnog
Two days ago, I had my first ever cup of eggnog. At work, it seems, everyone pitches in and supplies food and snacks for break time and lunch time during the week before Christmas break. On those days, then, we get to partake of a veritable feast of sundry goodies and libations.
Well, on Wednesday and Thursday, someone saw fit to bring in some cartons of Mayfield eggnog. I figured I go ahead and try, as I'd wanted to, but never had the chance.
It's pretty good stuff. It terms of flavor, it reminds a little bit of the yogurt milk the Korea Team introduced us to. Obviously, it's considerably... thicker than the yogurt milk was, and was considerable richer as well. But I liked it.
It was kinda scary how fast I developed a taste for that.
I'm sure by now all of you have heard the news about the suicide attack in Mosul. Go here for an eyewitness account of what came after (Hat Tip: Instapundit). They sent a suicide bomber into a mess hall, and then launched a mortar attack against the hospital where the wounded were taken.
Obviously we're loosing; it's Vietnam all over again; quagmire as thick as eggnog; Haliburton. At least, such seems to be the basic tone of the prevalent media coverage.
Please. Go here, and see what the brothers Omar and Mohammed (sans Ali now, sadly) have to say. Go here, and read what Alaa had to say, before the site went "thbbpth" on him.
The above sites are all run by Iraqis, by the way.
Go here and browse through Chrenkov's weekly "Good News from Iraq" installments. He's not on the blogroll yet, but he will be when I get back to my apartment in a week.
Go here and read an account of Secretary Rumsfeld's ("The Donald", as he is refered to in the tale) visit to Iraq this past week. Now, think through the MSM criticism of Sec. Rumsfeld in light of that account; read the harping of the MSM about the autopen thing, the lack of armor on vehicles, and their portrayal of Rumsfeld as a veritable incarnation of cruel indifference who hates the soldiers and wishes them all dead so he can devour their entrails in the hot sun, remember all of that... and then remember the actions of the wounded man.
Who is it, the media or "The Donald", who has the respect of the soldiers? And what can the answer to that question tell us about the nature of the sides in the debate over the war?
From CNN:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sir, how do we win the war in the media? It seems like that is the place where we're getting beat up more than anybody else. I've been here -- this is my third tour over here, and we have done some amazing things. And it seems like the enemy's Web sites and everything else are all over the media, and they love it. But the thing is, is everything we do good, no matter if it's helping a little kid or building a new school, the public affairs sends out the message, but the media doesn't pick up on it. How do we win the propaganda war?
The above quote is from another Q&A session with the troops, much like the one that produced the armored vehicle flap. But that is another story.
I'm not going to comment on the above, nor am I going to give Secretary Rumsfeld's answer; if you want to read it, follow the link. I am going to pose a few questions, just for y'all to think about.
1. "Sir, how do we win the war in the media? It seems like that is the place where we're getting beat up more than anybody else." This quote was said by a soldier, refering to our media. Why would he feel the need to make a comment like that, to ask a question like that?
2. What does it say about the MSM establishment that such a quesiton would need to be asked by an American soldier?
3. Why doesn't the MSM show the good we do along with the bad the enemy does?
Many of the weblogs I've linked to on the right-hand side of the page have taken on the mantle of carrying just such information, often from first hand sources. I recommend them all to you, and I'll probably add more as I come across them.
For now, just remember: good information is the only way to beat a steady diet of bad information, and the first step to winning the propoganda war is to recognize propoganda when you see it, and to reject it upon recognition.
As for the MSM... you can probably guess what my opinion is; I won't tell it here, as it is immaterial, and unprintable.
Ah, I have blathered on for long enough, forgive me.
Have a very Merry Christmas, and may the blessings of Christ follow you throughout the rest of your days. May He watch over our soldiers who are in harms way and who are home-stationed; may His gracious hands keep them and guard them and guide them to victory, in all wars that we may fight, according to His perfect will, until that Last War, when Christ Himself returns, and sets all things right.
Till then.
Well, on Wednesday and Thursday, someone saw fit to bring in some cartons of Mayfield eggnog. I figured I go ahead and try, as I'd wanted to, but never had the chance.
It's pretty good stuff. It terms of flavor, it reminds a little bit of the yogurt milk the Korea Team introduced us to. Obviously, it's considerably... thicker than the yogurt milk was, and was considerable richer as well. But I liked it.
It was kinda scary how fast I developed a taste for that.
I'm sure by now all of you have heard the news about the suicide attack in Mosul. Go here for an eyewitness account of what came after (Hat Tip: Instapundit). They sent a suicide bomber into a mess hall, and then launched a mortar attack against the hospital where the wounded were taken.
Obviously we're loosing; it's Vietnam all over again; quagmire as thick as eggnog; Haliburton. At least, such seems to be the basic tone of the prevalent media coverage.
Please. Go here, and see what the brothers Omar and Mohammed (sans Ali now, sadly) have to say. Go here, and read what Alaa had to say, before the site went "thbbpth" on him.
The above sites are all run by Iraqis, by the way.
Go here and browse through Chrenkov's weekly "Good News from Iraq" installments. He's not on the blogroll yet, but he will be when I get back to my apartment in a week.
Go here and read an account of Secretary Rumsfeld's ("The Donald", as he is refered to in the tale) visit to Iraq this past week. Now, think through the MSM criticism of Sec. Rumsfeld in light of that account; read the harping of the MSM about the autopen thing, the lack of armor on vehicles, and their portrayal of Rumsfeld as a veritable incarnation of cruel indifference who hates the soldiers and wishes them all dead so he can devour their entrails in the hot sun, remember all of that... and then remember the actions of the wounded man.
Who is it, the media or "The Donald", who has the respect of the soldiers? And what can the answer to that question tell us about the nature of the sides in the debate over the war?
From CNN:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sir, how do we win the war in the media? It seems like that is the place where we're getting beat up more than anybody else. I've been here -- this is my third tour over here, and we have done some amazing things. And it seems like the enemy's Web sites and everything else are all over the media, and they love it. But the thing is, is everything we do good, no matter if it's helping a little kid or building a new school, the public affairs sends out the message, but the media doesn't pick up on it. How do we win the propaganda war?
The above quote is from another Q&A session with the troops, much like the one that produced the armored vehicle flap. But that is another story.
I'm not going to comment on the above, nor am I going to give Secretary Rumsfeld's answer; if you want to read it, follow the link. I am going to pose a few questions, just for y'all to think about.
1. "Sir, how do we win the war in the media? It seems like that is the place where we're getting beat up more than anybody else." This quote was said by a soldier, refering to our media. Why would he feel the need to make a comment like that, to ask a question like that?
2. What does it say about the MSM establishment that such a quesiton would need to be asked by an American soldier?
3. Why doesn't the MSM show the good we do along with the bad the enemy does?
Many of the weblogs I've linked to on the right-hand side of the page have taken on the mantle of carrying just such information, often from first hand sources. I recommend them all to you, and I'll probably add more as I come across them.
For now, just remember: good information is the only way to beat a steady diet of bad information, and the first step to winning the propoganda war is to recognize propoganda when you see it, and to reject it upon recognition.
As for the MSM... you can probably guess what my opinion is; I won't tell it here, as it is immaterial, and unprintable.
Ah, I have blathered on for long enough, forgive me.
Have a very Merry Christmas, and may the blessings of Christ follow you throughout the rest of your days. May He watch over our soldiers who are in harms way and who are home-stationed; may His gracious hands keep them and guard them and guide them to victory, in all wars that we may fight, according to His perfect will, until that Last War, when Christ Himself returns, and sets all things right.
Till then.
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