Category Archives: veterans

Chris Hayes and the H-word

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Chris Hayes and the H-word”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail“Hero” is one of the most abused words in English — or any language, for that matter. Saddam Hussein’s final TV message praised each of his regional fedayeen commanders with the honorific al-butl, “the … Continue reading →

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Chris Hayes, Veterans, and the Culture of War

Posted on May 29, 2012 by MagicLoveHose

Share the post “Chris Hayes, Veterans, and the Culture of War”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail(Expanded from several Tweets I made Monday.) So Chris Hayes stepped in the smelly stuff on Sunday: “I feel… uncomfortable, about the word because it seems to me that it … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Homing Anti-Rush Movement (HARM)

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Homing Anti-Rush Movement (HARM)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Today is another blog action day. The petition calling on SecDef Panetta to remove Rush Limbaugh from the Armed Forces Network lineup needs 25,000 signatures, and has already gotten half that … Continue reading →

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Stupid Stuff Civilians Say to Veterans

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Stupid Stuff Civilians Say to Veterans”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailEverything said in this video has been said to me in one form or another.

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Morning Awful: Grave Problems

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Grave Problems”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAt last, Arlington National Cemetery can give the complete casualty figures of neglect and mismanagement: An accountability task force has photographed every burial marker and uploaded the information to a database where it was … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Scumbag Hates the Troops

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Scumbag Hates the Troops”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia ThinkProgress, a study of psychological projection: deadbeat dad and representative Joe Walsh (R-IL) is spoiled, pampered, unfocused, and clueless. He doesn’t understand America and advocates anti-American solutions to problems. So when … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: NASCAR Fans

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: NASCAR Fans”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail It’s not a sport known for arugula, but I’m floored by this scene. Booing the First Lady as she supports veterans? That requires an extraordinary lack of class and decorum. Given the force’s … Continue reading →

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Lone Marine Versus NYPD, Flawless #OWS Victory

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Lone Marine Versus NYPD, Flawless #OWS Victory”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is why it’s so important to have veterans take part in a movement. Via p0pkult.

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Lori Diaz at Alabama Community Leaders Institute

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Lori Diaz at Alabama Community Leaders Institute”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI met Lori Diaz, Executive Director of Holiday Help for Heroes, at the Alabama Community Leaders Institute on the campus of Alabama A&M on August 27th to find out more about … Continue reading →

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My First Front Page VetVoice Diary

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “My First Front Page VetVoice Diary”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail My first front page diary, Let’s Call War Spending “Foreign Aid” is up at VetVoice. This is a new and rewarding online role for me, so please read, enjoy, and share … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Linguist Seamen in FLPP Flap

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Linguist Seamen in FLPP Flap”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Pentagon last stopped paying linguists in the early 1990s, when I met dozens of Russian, German, Polish and Hungarian language speakers learning Arabic to keep their jobs in the Army. … Continue reading →