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		<title>We should be a country that went to war, not a country that watched its military go to war</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffzed.com/2012/02/we-should-be-a-country-that-went-to-war-not-a-country-that-watched-its-military-go-to-wa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great discussion.  Kudos to Dr. Maddow for her concern and the great line &#8220;We should be a country that went to war, not a country that watched its military go to war.&#8221; Rachel Maddow: Pentagon sort of explains why no parade for troops. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2012/02/we-should-be-a-country-that-went-to-war-not-a-country-that-watched-its-military-go-to-wa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marines encourage successful suicides</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just insane, and in stark contrast to any form of good sense, internal logic, or following the services own promises and goals. via Marine fights court-martial conviction for suicide attempt. His lawyer, Navy Lt. Mike Hanzel, said he will ask the militarys highest court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2012/02/marines-encourage-successful-suicides/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congrats, with reservations, to the new Army Surgeon General</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUSA details BG Horoho&#8217;s assignment as the first Nurse to be the Surgeon General. Sadly &#8211; there are a couple of caveats there, and not just the ones that make the chagrined surgeons in the Army (&#8220;call me doctor, not colonel&#8221;) would like to make. First, there was actually a nurse, BG Gale Pollock, who &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2012/02/congrats-with-reservations-to-the-new-army-surgeon-general/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Still at it &#8211; and whither ASBP?</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffzed.com/2012/01/still-at-it-and-whither-asbp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blood bankers industrialized themselves after WWII for good reason &#8211; to ensure the blood supply was safe &#8211; industrial type production enforced standards and enhanced &#8220;potency, purity, and sterility.&#8221; (thank you COL Whitaker, for having me commit that to memory)  But, somewhere in the rush to not-just-profitability-but-ever-increasing-profitability, some lost (and continue to lose) touch with &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2012/01/still-at-it-and-whither-asbp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll probably make news</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffzed.com/2011/12/ill-probably-make-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing – now if the generals that testify in front of congress, the Odiernos and the Caseys – then the military would start to be an even better place.&#160; It is the generals’ job to tell it straight – not guess what the politicians want to do.&#160; Then, salute the flag and execute when ordered.&#160; &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2011/12/ill-probably-make-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DPRK Succession or success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Jong Il is dead.&#160; I’d like to say simply “good riddance” for he was certainly a madman that may have tortured upwards of a half-million people to death and maybe starved two million or more.&#160; He’s held the world hostage for decades.&#160; I walked the DMZ looking for the idiots he sent south.&#160; But, &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2011/12/dprk-succession-or-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatively cowardly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This picture illustrated a story in the Austin Statesman about a rally that Republicans (or conservatives – whatever – they never seem to be sure) held to offset the DNC meeting to try and “take back Texas.”&#160; I really didn’t care all that much about the story – whether the illegal money from the alcohol &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2009/09/conservatively-cowardly/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Talking in Class</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffzed.com/2009/02/talking-in-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I love the idea of blogging, some days it feels like I have a school assignment to complete.&#160; I usually have some idea of what I want to say but I want to do it well and there is a time limit imposed.&#160; In class it is the teacher’s deadline. On a blog it &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2009/02/talking-in-class/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LTE Austin-American Statesman</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffzed.com/2008/07/lte-austin-american-statesman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Editor; I understand that newspaper and staff costs are soaring today and that the Statesman may be tempted to save a dollar or two here and there.&#160; However, as a subscriber, I would appreciate it if, the next time you want to report on an event of national importance like Netroots Nation occurring in &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2008/07/lte-austin-american-statesman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rose Colored Ceremonies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been traveling (and had some exceptional good luck in timing) but I was able to see on airport monitors that the President signed the new FISA bill in a nice little Rose Garden Ceremony.  It was one of those days where he was surrounded by proponents (didn&#8217;t notice Obama there &#8211; hmmm) and used &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2008/07/rose-colored-ceremonies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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