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May
10
The Good Old Days Weren’t Necessarily Better
Filed Under Air Force, economy, war on terror | 2 Comments
While we’re thinking back to the good old days — it seems like we could be blasting back to the 1970s economically if we aren’t careful — lets take a ride back in time to see what it was like for people living in the 1950s when the world was dominated not by random violence perpetrated by individuals and shadowy cells bent on wiping out the infidels but by nation states armed with nuclear weapons ready to launch at a seconds’ notice.
Despite all of the complaining we all like to do, we’re a lot better off today than we were even 20 years ago.
Video: Civil Defense Film About Nuclear War
Video: SAC Nuclear Warfare Training Video
Apr
3
A Glimpse Of Life Inside Gitmo
Filed Under war on terror | 1 Comment
The Los Angeles Times gives a glimpse into the life of detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay.
Most of the details are the standard things that you’d expect for a high security prison where prisoners are kept away from each other to prevent problems.
Writes Carol J. Williams about the one entertainment option available for Guantanamo detainees — reading books from the Gitmo library:
More than 2,000 books and magazines in 18 languages are stocked for the prisoners, each vetted for its potential to incite. The ” Harry Potter” series had been the most popular selection before a recent influx of nature and music books.
At the new Camp 7 facility for high-value detainees — which jailers have dubbed “the platinum camp” — the book most in demand now is “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” a nearly 20-year-old treatise by Stephen R. Covey.
The librarian, who didn’t want to be identified, said books are inspected by intelligence agents after each return. Borrowers lose their reading privileges and are disciplined if found passing notes.
