Elements Of Power

Commentary and discussion on world events from the perspective that all goings-on can be related to one of the six elements of National Power: Military, Economic, Cultural, Demographic, Organizational, & Geographical. All Elements are interrelated and rarely can one be discussed without also discussing its impact on the others

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Philip Coyle III is baaaack?!

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This is not good . I'm kicking myself now for not saving an old OSD web page where Philip Coyle as Director of Operational Test and Eval...

Coffee Party: This is CNN....

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Astroturfing! More Evidence! and More ... Update 03/15: and More ... The usual Koffeeklatchura suspects: aging hipsters, echo hippies, etc, ...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Defeating IEDs/EFPs: Possibilities Part One

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I've got a little lull in the workload at the moment (only working partial weekends) so I, though it would be a good time to start foll...
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Nancy Pelosi & Dr Evil: Separated at Birth?

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The AP/Ben Margot pic shown with the latest AP propaganda " Pelosi confident House will pass health care bill " just begs photosh...

"Hybrid Horror Hoax" : As Suspected

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Did his licence plate read " RU Verde "? Michael Fumento lays out the story behind the story on that 'runaway' Prius in t...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Northrop Grumman Takes a Pass

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Northrop Grumman has declined to recompete for a contract they had already won - as I predicted in the comments here . (Not that it require...
Saturday, March 06, 2010

Merrill McPeak (Blind Pig) Finds an Acorn

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And Max Boot then Glenn Reynolds take issue with it. Even a University of Tennessee Law Professor finds Gen Merrill McPeak 'unpersuasi...
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Is Beth Fouhy Lying, Stupid, and/or Incompetent?

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Beth Fouhy Or is this article her AP editor's fault? Ignoring the cynical tone oozing out of the article covering Karl Rove's new ...
Monday, February 22, 2010

England: Just Another Fascist State?

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Sigh~Seems to be going that way... Just another reason to want to live where I am a 'Citizen' and not a 'Subject'. I visited...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Bill O'Reilly Knows Not of Which He Speaks

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Just one of many reasons I am not now, nor ever have been, a fan of Bill O'Reilly. Too often it has felt like he has held the right pos...
Saturday, February 06, 2010

Don't Ask Don't Tell Issue: Its Back...Again

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President Obama, finally receiving pushback in his efforts to Socialize the United States of America to date, now seeks to subvert the only ...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Yeah, "What do I know?"

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Updated and Bumped: Heh. I've been having a rather unproductive, yet sadly humorous, 'intercourse' over at the DEWLine with ...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

I Still Can't Say Goodbye

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Happy Birthday Dad I've been looking for a certain Tommy Emmanuel CD for quite a while. (B&N has him in the 'Jazz' section, ...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Howard Zinn is Dead

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Unfortunately, 30 Years Too Late. (But better late than never) An obituary that strikes the proper tone can be found here . Update 01/30 in...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Haitians Wait Desperately for Relief That Hasn't Come?

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WTFO???!! ( Martha Raddatz is a total effin' idiot ) Less than 3 days after an earthquake happened in one of the most Turd World coun...
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I am a '3rd Generation Aerospace' Professional and a retired Air Force Senior NCO. I maintained and tested airborne precision guided weapons the first half of my Air Force career [including AIMVAL/ACEVAL, TASVAL79, AIM-9L FOT&E--IYAAYAS!] and flight tested RPVs, Drones and Cruise Missiles [XBQM-106A, Pave Tiger/Panther, CALCM, ACM and 'others'] the second half. Since my AF retirement I have worked on many aircraft, UAV and weapons programs. I have worked systems, flight, and laboratory test programs about half the time, and have worked R&M Engineering, Depot Operations, and Operations Analysis (Combat and Logistics) the other half, I am now the Lead Engineer xx x xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx (doing 'stuff') on yet another major weapon systems program and still involved in a wide range of Aerospace Engineering and Military Operations Research activities for multiple programs.
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