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10 years after 9-11

September 10, 2011

I still remember it vividly.  Turning on the television on the morning of September 11 and watching live as a second plane hit the Twin Towers.  I sat stunned, unable to turn away, then I called my best friend, my father. My father worked for the Department of Defense in the Inspector General’s Office.  He [...]

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A Controversial Address, Part 2

November 20, 2007

In part 1, I asked if referring to an American as an Ami was derogatory in German.  I read the many comments with interest and can only conclude that to some people it is, and to some it isn’t. I was a bit dismayed to find that some people might take offense at what I called my [...]

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I thought as much…

November 10, 2006

Your ‘Do You Want the Terrorists to Win’ Score: 100% You are a terrorist-loving, Bush-bashing, “blame America first”-crowd traitor. You are in league with evil-doers who hate our freedoms. By all counts you are a liberal, and as such cleary desire the terrorists to succeed and impose their harsh theocratic restrictions on us all. You [...]

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Hmmm…

August 10, 2006

So, a terrorist plot in the UK has been thwarted, MSNBC reports that: The plot targeted flights from Britain to the United States, particularly to New York, Washington and California on United Airlines, American Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc I’m traveling on Continental next week from Washington through New York, so that should be fun. [...]

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Back to the US of A

July 18, 2006

Sorry there’ve been no posts recently, I’ve been quite busy preparing and packing and such stuff for my upcoming trip to the USA. At this time tomorrow I will be in Newark, and a few hours after that I’ll be in NOVA (northern Virginia). Hopefully there will be no accidents or terrorist attacks involving Continental [...]

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Very Random Thoughts

July 10, 2006

I’ll post about the Final and stuff tomorrow, my thoughts are too random to put something constructive together today, so I’ll just give you some of the random tidbits floating around up there. Okay, one Final tidbit: Zidane is off my Sexy List. What the heck was he thinking? He’s a veteran, it’s his last [...]

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The First Upset

June 10, 2006

The first big surprise of the World Cup: Trinidad & Tobago draws with Sweden 0:0. Sweden was clearly the better team, outplaying T&T at every step, but luck and heart kept them scoreless. The Trinidad & Tobago players never gave up. Even at the end, when you could see the exhaustion, the effort it took [...]

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