Marine Defends Himself Against Assailants
See the AP story below about a Marine (“Once a Marine … Always a Marine”) who defends himself against four assailants (and would-be robbers). In summary, he successfully defended himself against four...
View ArticleWen Ho Lee Wins Big!
1.6 million dollars. That is how much the U.S. government and five news organizations together have agreed to pay Wen Ho Lee. The settlement comes in lieu of further court action, possibly all the...
View ArticleWho is the lackey? Tim Russert or Daily Kos?
Tim Russert (CNBC) recently did a customarily soft-ball interview with Markos Moulitsas and Jerome Armstrong about their new book, “Crashing the Gate.” The interview (and book) made clear the disdain...
View ArticleRiehl World View Gives us a Handshake
The magnificent Riehl World View gives The Captain’s Journal a very polite nod and handshake and welcomes us to the world of conservative blogging (and according to Google Analytics, a few readers were...
View ArticleCaptain’s Journal Hits 5000 Site Visits
I know my place on the food chain. I am still a very small blog, and it will likely remain that way. I do not do this professionally (I am a working stiff), and I want to put quality posts on the...
View ArticleCaptain’s Journal Hits 5000 Site Visits
I know my place on the food chain. I am still a very small blog, and it will likely remain that way. I do not do this professionally (I am a working stiff), and I want to put quality posts on the...
View ArticleYou’ll Never Read this in the School Textbooks
I have always been fascinated by the extent to which people willingly believe myths. Courtesy of Right Wing News I found this interesting piece of history — history that you will never see in the...
View ArticleYou’ll Never Read this in the School Textbooks
I have always been fascinated by the extent to which people willingly believe myths. Courtesy of Right Wing News I found this interesting piece of history — history that you will never see in the...
View ArticleTop Ten Blogs
Following the counsel of John Hawkins at RWN, I am listing my top ten blogs. Since my son is a Marine, it will be virtually impossible to unseat SWJ from the number one position (especially the Daily...
View ArticleGulf War Syndrome and My Hand Problem
I hate to complain to my readers, but I have this wrist-hand thing going on. I get tired from blogging, and it is, in my humble opinion, entirely the government’s fault. Clearly, if the GWOT was not...
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From the Crest Trail
Somewhere on the Crest Trail, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, November 16, 2006. Hiking at 10,000 feet elevation kept me winded most of the time.
View ArticleLetters from Readers
In response to Marine Artillery Does Oakland and my plan for an amphibious assault on San Francisco, Arthur Kimes writes: Oh sure you can conquer it. But holding it against the insurgents? What...
View ArticleSite Redesign
Joshua Smith of Stemwinder Productions has almost completed a site redesign for The Captain’s Journal. I found that I was inhibited from writing posts because some were succinct and pithy, while others...
View ArticleAdmin details
I don’t generally like to blogroll people who don’t blogroll me, and blogroll lists get old and in need of maintenance (for example, I have had to remove a number of blogs in my blogroll who have...
View ArticleComms Bleg
So I was reading the link sent by @WRSA at American Partisan, and was looking into Comms gear. Specifically I was looking at a Yaesu VX-6R. It occurred to me that this, like so much other electronic...
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