Comments on: A Man After My Own Heart http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/07/a_man_after_my.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/07/a_man_after_my.html#comment-984 ninme Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:10:37 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/?p=2417#comment-984 <p>Heh. Good point. Of course that reinforces his point. We joined WWII late, we were acting like it was done well before it was and a years before even England could get off its ration cards, and yet we still think of it as this really long slog and haven't we done well for withstanding it.</p> <p>Of course the War on Terror has lasted longer, I think. I'm sure I remember the phrase being used before now. Back when everything was a War. War on Poverty, War on Drugs, War on Cheap Wine Served With Inadequately Aged Cheese at Pretentious Restaurants...</p> Heh. Good point. Of course that reinforces his point. We joined WWII late, we were acting like it was done well before it was and a years before even England could get off its ration cards, and yet we still think of it as this really long slog and haven’t we done well for withstanding it.

Of course the War on Terror has lasted longer, I think. I’m sure I remember the phrase being used before now. Back when everything was a War. War on Poverty, War on Drugs, War on Cheap Wine Served With Inadequately Aged Cheese at Pretentious Restaurants…

]]> By: Lizzie http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/07/a_man_after_my.html#comment-983 Lizzie Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:29:25 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/?p=2417#comment-983 <p>The WoT has lasted six years already? Oh, my bad, I forget WWII only lasted four years. (If you're American.)</p> The WoT has lasted six years already? Oh, my bad, I forget WWII only lasted four years. (If you’re American.)

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/07/a_man_after_my.html#comment-982 ninme Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:34:52 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/?p=2417#comment-982 <p>Why thank you!</p> <p>The only signed book in my library is one of his. Mexifornia. My mom went to one of his talks and got it for me. Alas I only got as far as the introduction when I realized I had library books that needed reading, and never got back to it.</p> <p>I love how everything he writes is the kind of thing you want to staple to the forehead of most Senators and Congressmen. There's no filler.</p> Why thank you!

The only signed book in my library is one of his. Mexifornia. My mom went to one of his talks and got it for me. Alas I only got as far as the introduction when I realized I had library books that needed reading, and never got back to it.

I love how everything he writes is the kind of thing you want to staple to the forehead of most Senators and Congressmen. There’s no filler.

]]> By: Mad Minerva http://www.ninme.com/archives/2005/07/a_man_after_my.html#comment-981 Mad Minerva Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:43:41 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/?p=2417#comment-981 <p>Hanson is fabulous, isn't he? Give his military history books a try sometime too -- great stuff.</p> <p>I'm also a historian, so usually Hanson preaching to the choir when I'm concerned, but he is wonderful to read.</p> <p>By the way, great blog you've got here!</p> Hanson is fabulous, isn’t he? Give his military history books a try sometime too — great stuff.

I’m also a historian, so usually Hanson preaching to the choir when I’m concerned, but he is wonderful to read.

By the way, great blog you’ve got here!

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