NYC is great. Daughter and I walk all over Manhattan, visit wonderful markets, talk to my friends, do a kick ass yoga class, and nosh on Red Velvet cake. So while I try to stave googling a recipe for RVC, I'll just rattle the stuff off the top of my brain. (On my d2d blog, I've done a nifty piece about writing).
Anyway, my friends in NYC like to watch TV, so I hear a lot of news. I have to say that our current politicians seem seem to have a focus on issues that's fuzzy at best. Frankly, it's not exclusively the problem of just one party but both. Neither the media nor our leaders have a focus on Afghanistan right now, and this to me is worrisome.
Sarah ChayesWhy? Because they're interesting, and their books are readable, they're not laden with gobbledegook. And man, these two are dogged. It's just the sort of reading that can jumpstart one's view of this whole thing.
But not to pin this all on the mil-community. After all, if our politicians are
too busy being led by the media and focusing in on trying to define a healthcare system they've never understood, a Harvard Profesor's unfortunate arrest, saving an auto industry that should have been left to rot, it's not surprising the collective American viewpoint is fuzzy. I mean, we as a nation are acting like Brittney Spears being chased by Papparazzi, trying to find the children she lost because she wasn't right in the head.General McChrystal is going to be making his recommen
dations soon. He should be ready to have his picture in the NY Times, with the far left besmirching his name with some really stupid off-rhyme. He should also prepare to have a bunch of ladies in pink interrupting him, assuming the worst, and while doing so dressed in an assortment of clothing that would make a chapter of Glamor Magazine "Fashion Don'ts." But what I hate most of all are the sharp divisions that will incur irrespective of what he details. It'll be liberals pitted against conservatives, and the stealthy on either side will mine what they want --not necessarily putting everything he says in the right context.
So I think of this, and am getting ready to either grit my teeth or piss a lot of people off --or both. Whatever he does, the left-wing is going to chase him down like papparazzi did to Brittney. Fortunately, for us, he's already got the buzz cut.By the way, I did get word from my husband. If anyone ever wants to send clothes for the kids either through the wonderful Hope or through Anysoldier.com, --make sure you don't send stuff with ANY logos or emblems. No American flags, no slogans that say, "Just do it " or "Got Milk?" Anything connecting those kids with the Americans can bring repudiation from the T-ban. Same goes with pencils and notebooks. The word is to go plain if you're going to send something.
And on this word, screw it all --I shall close with cake.
Peace, Love and Cake!
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I think I could roll in RVC. Well that is after I indecently ate all I could.
Thanks for the encouragement to pick up and read S.C.'s book. I really enjoyed the interview you posted a while back, totally forgot to pursue the book.
Hi Lanny! Glad to see you made it through the trailer drive today! Yes, I liked Sarah Chayes's book. Some of the other books I just get lost in --way too much gobbledygook.
Anyway, I understand the original RVC used shredded beets and beet sugar instead of red dye. SO I will try that instead.
Hubs wrote:
Actually most Army Commanders have read Mortenson and Chayes, and even that Scottish nut who walked across Afghanistan, among others. They have a very keen understanding of the people and customs here and enjoy an excellent relationships with most Afghans.
I responded:
Yeah, I know the brass reads their stuff. The hope is to get the masses who support the military reading it as well.
I think were more to do so, we could have discussions that went beyond politics --and gain the type of insights that we get when we read blogs like Tim Lynch's Free Range International.
Sorry I've been out of touch for so long, Kanani. And I think I'm going to love this new blog. This is the first post on it that I have read, and I am reminded immediately of your intelligence, insight, and "easy writing." Or should I say, easy reading. You have a gift, my friend, but I think you already know that.
It will be fun to read about the military from a smart person on the inside!
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