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Solider at sunrise....

BS Alert

So I'm hanging with friends on Saturday and a guy who was known to some in the group but not to myself join and started talking... and talking... and talking.

The level of BS this guy was spreading was so accute that I had to check to see if I had boots on to protect my feet.

One layer of the crap was a story about a friend of his, who was married with three kids, joined the army after 9-11. The guy was thirty-eaight years old when he joined and turned forty in basic training.

First of all, the cut-off age for joining the military is 35. Second, you can't be a private in the army if you are married with three kids (the max is two, they do this for economic reasons). Finally, the guy would not have spent two years in basic training.

Anyway, that was just one part of my weekend.....

KFC 70 Charger R/T–Commercial

Anyone else notice how dirty the dashboard is?

Hard to believe anyone who cares for a car that looks this good would have such a dirty dashboard.

Cool Car

The Sergeant who Killed Civilians

I was once a solider. Served my country on every continent on the planet except Australia.

The act of one who followed in my and other’s footsteps to serve in the forces which protect this country and it’s way of life saddens me.

Let’s take a look at what should now happen.

We have no Status of Forces agreement with Afghanistan. Those are treaties with countries where US service members serve.

For example, in Germany, if a soldier gets a speeding ticket then he or she has to pay the ticket to the governing German agency. If they were to rob a bank, the status of forces agreement allows the United States to take custody of the individual and they face courts governed by the United States.  Everything is spelled out in the treaty.

If we had a situation where an Afghan soldier were stationed at Fort Bliss, TX and he ran amuck killing US citizens we would want to process the individual according to US law.

To save lives from retaliation for what this “sergeant” did we must hand the person over to Afghanistan TODAY so he can face the consequences for his actions.

No it isn’t fair when you consider what we believe is fair and just; and you know what is going to happen to this guy.

We have to do this.

If we are the ones who believe in the order of law and justice then let us show the world that we respect local laws and international treaties.

Status of forces agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Impact Smart Hard Drives

OK… it’s a Friday night and I (like my fellow geeks) are at home watching The Big Bang Theory.

A commercial comes on… a computer maker is going insure the security of the world by making sure their laptops have (get this) “Impact Smart Hard Drives”.

I started wondering if they meant that the hard drive was smart enough to know when it had encountered an impact or if it just knew the definition of the word “impact”.

I would hope that technology companies would refrain from misleading the public about (of all things) the capabilities of the technologies they sell.

Why don’t they say “shock resistant” or something like that.

Save the world… don’t drop your laptop

Veterans | LinkedIn

This is perhaps the best job searching avenue I’ve ever seen for veterans.

When I got out we had the opportunity to go through some transition classes and stuff, interview with potential employers. But the opportunities were fairly limited to blue-collar jobs like truck driver or janitorial services. Not that there is anything wrong with those jobs, but after 20 years or so in the Signal Corps working with digital communications equipment my skill set didn’t exactly match the ready made employment opportunities.

This opportunity on LinkedIn is perfect.

I encourage all individuals who served our country to take advantage of the great search tool LinkedIn has provided for us.

It has monster or any other job search engine beat.

Veterans | LinkedIn

Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill to Regulate Attorney Fees » Controlling Legal Costs

This is an interesting article.

The fees have to be limited based on the ‘factors’ listed below. I don’t see how this is really limited legal fees unless it was to spend some money on legislation that really doesn’t do anything.

• Time and labor required by the attorney
• Novelty and difficulty of the questions involved in the action
• Skill requisite to perform the legal service properly
• Likelihood that the acceptance of the particular case precluded other employment by the attorney
• Fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services
• Amount of damages involved in the action
• Results obtained in the action
• Time limitations imposed by the client or by the circumstances of the action
• Nature and length of the attorney’s professional relationship with his or her client
• Experience, reputation and ability of the attorney
• Whether the fee is fixed or contingent
• Complexity of the case
• Awards of costs and fees in similar cases
• Legitimacy or strength of any defenses or affirmative defenses asserted in the action
• Other factors

Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill to Regulate Attorney Fees » Controlling Legal Costs