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Bill Faith; My Buddy
The following was forwarded to me from Russ Vaughn. It is difficult to separate, Bill and Russ, as to who did what first to give birth to Old War Dogs. By Russ Vaughn Bill Faith was my buddy, a term that has particular meaning for those who have worn a uniform in service to this country. And though I never met him, nor even heard his voice a single time, that’s how I will remember Bill, as my buddy, someone who served alongside me through victory and defeat, through thick and thin, but who always could be counted on to stand up and be counted when it counted most. I must first apologize to Bill’s family and all of you out there for being tardy in posting my thoughts on Bill’s passing. Two months ago my wife and I were abruptly thrust into the role of primary caregivers for her almost ninety-year-old parents, a responsibility which has kept both of us away from our computers and me from my blogging efforts. It was only through an email from The Gray Dog, Mike Connelly, that I learned belatedly of Bill’s death. I don’t even remember precisely when Bill and I became acquainted, just that it was sometime after John Kerry became the Democrat frontrunner in 2004 and this old Vietnam vet, like millions of my brothers, swore to do everything in my power to prevent that traitor from ever becoming commander in chief. Scott Swett, at Wintersoldier blog, first began posting my anti-Kerry rants, which were then picked up by the Freepers and spread to other like-minded sites. Shortly thereafter I received an email from Bill, telling me he would like to post my pieces at his Small Town Veteran blog. As soon as I visited the site, I knew I had found an ally, one who quickly became a long-distance friend and a valued editor of my sometimes rough expositions. When Kerry was defeated in November 2004, Bill and I, like all our Vietnam veteran brothers who had fought to keep Kerry out of the presidency, were exhilarated and felt that at last we had been exonerated. In sharing that victory, we became buddies, and the bond became even stronger in the summer of 2006 when Bill became webmaster of our new blog, Old War Dogs, which may have been my brainstorm but was Bill’s baby from the outset. He built the pen and the doghouse from scratch and fed and watered that pup every day. And like most proud papas, he could get quickly cantankerous if he felt like someone was mistreating his dog, including me. Bill kept OWD up and running all through this last election fiasco even though, like me, he was never more than lukewarm to the idea of John McCain as our candidate. But, good soldier that he was, Bill fought the good fight right up until the bitter end. And as bitter as it was for the rest of us, his email telling me that he was going to back away from daily blogging at OWD, made me aware that my buddy was battle weary and in need of some respite. I regret not then realizing just how badly needed it was. Michelle Malkin’s farewell post to Bill includes my poem, The Sheepdogs, and I thank her for that because there was never a more dedicated Sheepdog than Bill Faith. He loved his flock, both the immediate, his family, especially his new grandbaby, and that much larger flock, his countrymen. Bill, I’m gonna miss you, Buddy. Russ Vaughn |
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Contributed by The Gray Dog on January 19, 2009 at 05:19 PM in , , , , , | | | |
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Bill Faith - "Aim High" My Friend
*** Update Sunday January 18, 2009 *** I should have added this link to Also to. Here are a whole bunch more:
Also, Bill's sister has requested donations be made to in lieu of flowers. Finally, I am unable to approve any comments left for Bill at other posts. Some of you already have posted elsewhere. If you wish to leave a comment for Bill please do so at this article, for which I am able to approve comments for. Thank You. ********************************************** It is with a saddened heart that I just heard from another Old War Dog, Zero Ponsdorf, that Michelle Malkin reported the death of Old War Dog founder and webmaster Bill Faith. I missed a couple of opportunities this year as I traveled through Southern Illinois, to stop and meet Bill in person. This is a mistake I will regret for the rest of my life. Through an electronic introduction from another Old War Dog, Jim Bartimus, I was introduced to Bill in July of 2005. It was then that Bill extended the invitation to join the Old War Dogs Blog, and it was the first type of anything in my adult lifetime I had ever joined. Bill could be cantankerous at times, often causing a bit of dissent among the ranks. But, I know that Bill’s life centered around two things: Old War Dogs and his Grandson. His Blogging and love of America, I can speak to. His abundant love for his daughter and grandson I will leave for others. Many years later, Bill and I discovered that I had preceded him into the Air Force by a mere week back in the summer of 1970, and that most of our time at Lackland AFB and afterward at Sheppard AFB, had overlapped. That’s where the similarity ended. Bill went on to serve in Vietnam, while I defended America from the frozen moonscapes of Alaska. I think it was our same age, military branch, and the fact that we were both Illinoisans, that caused Bill to always favor my writing and give it a little boost in the Blog position each day. In fact I was often embarrassed by the favoritism. Others, such as Russ Vaughn, JD Pendry, George “Rurik” Mellinger, William “1st Cav” Page and Zero Ponsdorf knew Bill longer and perhaps better than I, although most of us have been strangers to Old War Dogs for a couple of years now. A couple of years ago, Bill had entrusted the “keys” to the Old War Dogs Site with me and Russ Vaughn. I haven’t been in contact with Russ for some time, and I’m not sure how to proceed. Old War Dogs and Small Town Veteran were 100% Bill Faith. There is a part of me that says we should keep OWD going as a tribute to Bill, yet another that says it would only be a cheap imitation. As mentioned before, Russ and JD and perhaps a few others will have more to say on the topic. In closing, I simply want to say that Bill was a patriot, a loving father and grandfather, and a clear voice for veteran’s causes throughout the blogosphere. And for me personally, he was a friend and fellow Old War Dog. I will miss him. Mike Connelly |
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Contributed by The Gray Dog on January 17, 2009 at 07:12 PM in , , , , , | | | |
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An Alphabetical Guide To Updated 2008.10.21 *** Note 2008.10.21: Due to some behind-the-scenes changes at TypePad, which I won't even attempt to react to till after the election, clicking the Russ Vaughn "category" link on the sidebar or at the bottom of an individual post only displays Russ's 50 most recent contributions to the site. This post is the only way currently available to access all of Russ's posts since the Old War Dogs site was created. *** Before the Old War Dogs site existed I used to post everything Russ wrote at and maintain . I let things slide a little while I was busy setting up OWD and it took me till
(Author unknown, with remarks by Russ Vaughn)
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has several of Russ's things from the days before I was on his mailing list. Click to see the list. |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 19, 2008 at 12:41 AM in , | | | |
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Military Pride Stickers
Boomer found a sticker shop he thinks you might like. I think maybe he's right. Click . |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 20, 2007 at 02:11 AM in , | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.19
Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site. Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 19, 2007 at 12:10 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.18
Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site. Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 18, 2007 at 12:05 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.17
Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site. Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 17, 2007 at 12:02 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.16
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on. Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
Yes, posting's been sorta light today. I was up late last night arguing with an obstinate PC (actually, an IE 7 bug as it turns out) and I plan to start my blogging day earlier in the day tomorrow than I usually do. I can't make it to The Wall but I'll have eyes and ears there with my number programmed into their cell phones and my day will start early, so I decided getting some rest today was more important than most of what I might have posted about otherwise. |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 16, 2007 at 02:53 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.15
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on. Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 15, 2007 at 12:18 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.14
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on. Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 14, 2007 at 12:34 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.13
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on. Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 13, 2007 at 12:17 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.12
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on. Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 12, 2007 at 01:27 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.11
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on. Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 11, 2007 at 12:45 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.10
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
(I've moved some things from this post to another post on the site.) |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 10, 2007 at 12:15 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.09
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 9, 2007 at 12:45 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.08
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 8, 2007 at 12:23 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.07
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
[I've moved a couple of things from this post other posts.] |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 7, 2007 at 12:24 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.06
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 6, 2007 at 12:26 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.05
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 5, 2007 at 12:10 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.04
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 4, 2007 at 12:33 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.03
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 3, 2007 at 12:08 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.02
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 2, 2007 at 12:41 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.01
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on March 1, 2007 at 12:07 AM in | | | |
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Your tax dollars at work
R J Del Vecchio writes:
Russ Vaughn wants to know: "And taxpayers are underwriting this shit?" |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on February 28, 2007 at 07:46 PM in , , , | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.28
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on February 28, 2007 at 12:07 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.27
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on February 27, 2007 at 12:15 PM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.26
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on February 26, 2007 at 12:05 AM in | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.25
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on February 25, 2007 at 12:20 AM in , | | | |
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Army refiles charges against cowardly peacenik deserter
I'd say ten years of making big rocks into little rock, followed by a quick hanging, would be about right. The "man" is a waste of perfectly good oxygen. |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on February 24, 2007 at 05:34 PM in , , | | | |
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Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.24
Some posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold." Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, , comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site. I'm a good twelve hours late getting this up today due to an ISP outage during the night and starting back on my bedtime "happy pills." I'll try to be more organized in the future.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on February 24, 2007 at 12:51 PM in , | | | |