America In A Post-9/11 World

Three men detained in Miami, Florida.
Gas leak in New York.

Overreaction? Maybe. Paranoia? Perhaps. But, personally, I would rather have a little overreaction and paranoia than go back to the "Terrorism... what's that?" mentality.

The Return Of The Flip-Flops

I actually supported more troops before I didn't before I did before I didn't. It seems that Mr. Reid is the quintessential weather vane politician.

Very Cool, Pt.2

CENTCOM knows about Wednesday Hero. One of the members received an comment from a Sgt. Eric Jehnsen.

I came across your blog today and noticed your "Wednesday Hero"
entry. I realize that these are submitted from other sites and thought that you
might be interested in learning about more Heroes.

I am with CENTCOM Public Affairs and work on a team that has an aim
to build relationships and establish dialogue with bloggers. One of the
ways we do that is to introduce them to our website at www.centcom.mil. We also provide the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter and Coalition
bulletin that is sent out regularly. Would you be interested in any of
these news products? If you are, I can sign you up right away. Also,
would you care to post a link to our site on your blog? Many of your readers
may find it to be a very good source of additional information. It also
provides a link to "Heroes in Action".

Please feel free to contact me if you feel our news products would be
a nice fit for your blog. I appreciate your time.

V/R

Sgt. Eric Jensen
CENTCOM Public Affairs
Electronic Media Engagement Team

The Perfect Sauce?

In the past I've brought you such great recipes as Taco Soup and Pizza Soup. Now I bring you a "recipe" for what may be the best sauce I've ever tasted. I stumbled upon it by accident. I wanted something for the sausages I made but didn't any one flavor. What you do it take some A1 steak sauce, I use Smokey Mesquite, mix that with some Taco Bell taco sauce, you can find it at your local grocery store, and add some ranch dressing. It's some damn tasty stuff. Put it on your burgers before you grill them or use it as a dipping sauce.

Very Cool

I received an email from a reader regarding the Wednesday Hero Blogroll that reads as follows:

We have produced a music video for the Wednesday Hero family.

You can see it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbncMpXRWw

Enjoy the presentation and Happy New Year!

Wednesday Hero

This weeks hero was submitted by Jimbailoni

Sgt. Brent Dunkleberger
29 years old from New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
1st Calvary Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team
December 11, 2006


Sgt. Dunkleberger was on his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed by an RPG when his convoy was attacked while on a security mission.

"We can't put into words right now the grief we feel, but we can put into words how proud we are of Brent. He chose to serve our country and give his life for what he believed in," said William Dunkleberger, Brent's father. "we thank the community for the outpouring of support and ask everyone to continue to pray for us. We also ask the media to respect our privacy during this very difficult time."

Sgt. Dunkleberger graduated high school in 1996 and enlisted in the United States Army in 2003 and became a tank driver for the 1st Calvary Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team.

He is survived by his wife and four children.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams.
Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. If you would like to participate in honoring the brave men and women who serve this great country, you can find out how by clicking here.

An Update

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, but with this problem with my connection and being sick this week I haven't been in much of a blogging mood. Though both do seem to be getting a little better. Some of the sites I had problems with on Saturday, or when ever I last posted, are sometimes loading. Though when they do it's done VERY slowly. But it's still strange how it's a hit or miss situation. Amazon will sometimes load sometimes not, it's 50/50, while I have no trouble with Blogger. I can update Norton antivirus but I can't download updates for Firefox add-ons. I was kind of hoping that it was FF 2.0.0.1 that was the problem. It didn't happen until after I installed it, but I went back to 2.0 and that didn't fix it. It could be my modem but it says it's working fine. I'm going to looking into getting another one tomorrow and see it that does the trick.