Hammer Mill Days

Are you sure this is the right document? Say again. Can't make you out, Tiny - speak louder. Then move closer to the telephone poll, that might help. Tiny? Arrrggh. Bad luck. We've just lost Tiny Montgomery again. His carrier just dropped the call. By "carrier," I mean the phone line tap he rigged up outside of his six-room lean-to in Madagascar. (That's how he makes all of his calls, apparently.) Tiny's been helping us pull together our next interstellar tour. He sent through the itinerary by primitive fax, and man... it's scary as hell. Perhaps it's a communications issue. You know - hard to get ahold of the better venues, especially when you're using the modern equivalent of soupcans and string to make your calls. I get that. Tiny has his issues, and we have ours... and mothers, this itinerary is one of 'em. Matt and some of the other members of our crew have suggested there are more nefarious factors at work in this whole thing. Tiny, some...

Obama announced his plans to reverse the Afghan "surge" over the next year and a half - news that appears to have pleased no one in the political world. I guess he shares the Alan Simpson belief that if you piss everyone - everyone - off, you must be doing something right. It just makes me wonder if the guy ever considered trying to please somebody, sometime. A very typical Obama approach, this withdrawal strategy - right down the muddle in the middle. It's a lot like his solution to health care reform, Wall Street reform, etc. Basically half-measures where double-sized efforts are necessary. Putting a bandaid on a compound fracture. Cured! This line kind of sums up my own personal frustration with the president: "Thanks to our intelligence professionals and Special Forces, we killed Osama bin Laden, the only leader that al Qaeda had ever known. This was a victory for all who have served since 9/11. One soldier summed it up well. "The message," he said, ...