These days more and more science fiction material is making it's way into real life. The latest is the possibility of invisibility.
The material being considered for this is called 'metamaterial'. It has internal structures that allow it to interact with any radiation, including light. This interaction could be reflecting light in such a way as to bend "around" the object itself.
Next, we'll be hearing of the Clintons giving this away to the Romulans.
-Colonel Steve
If history truly moves in cycles, then in another 55 million years or so I'll be booking a tropical vacation to the north pole.
Algore and his friends would have you believe that man is the only cause or main culprite behind global warming. But Arctic Circle core samples show a 74-degree north pole 55 million years ago. It's suggested that a supercharged spike of CO2 created a large greenhouse effect. All without modern man's help.
-Colonel Steve
The Civil War pitted two presidents, born in Kentucky, against each other - Abe Lincoln (Hogenville) and Jefferson Davis (Christian County).
Today's White House briefing pitted two other Kentucky-born folks against each other - Tony Snow (Berea) and Helen Thomas (Winchester). Let's just say the one I agree with more won this debate.
QUESTION: Why did the president pick a man who is so contemptible of the public servants in Washington to be his domestic adviser, saying, People in Washington are morally repugnant, cheating, shifty human beings. Why did he...
SNOW: Apparently an opinion that's...
QUESTION: Why would he pick such a man to be a domestic adviser?
SNOW: You meant contemptuous as opposed to contemptible I think.
QUESTION: Pure contempt.
SNOW: I'm not sure it's pure contempt. I know Karl Zinsmeister pretty well and he is somebody who expresses himself with a certain amount of piquancy. You're perhaps familiar with that, aren't you, Helen?
(LAUGHTER)
And so, as a consequence from time to time, he's going to say -- he'll have some sharp elbows.
QUESTION: His attitude toward public servants...
SNOW: I don't think it is his attitude toward public servants. It may have been toward the press. Just kidding.
(LAUGHTER)
No, look if, you look at the bulk of what Karl Zinsmeister has done at the American Enterprise and elsewhere, I think you're going to find somebody who's done some pretty meaty and interesting research on a variety of topics.
The reason he's being brought in is that he's...
QUESTION: Do you agree with his assessment?
SNOW: I'm not going to -- it is one sentence the guy wrote. And perhaps you may recall -- yes?
QUESTION: Arrogant, morally repugnant, cheating, shifty.
SNOW: That's a lot in one sentence, isn't it? He just packed it right in.
See their battle at Expose the Left.
-Colonel Steve
Instapundit, Jonah Goldberg, Baldilocks, and others have commented about the search engines who have remembered Memorial Day. Check these three out:
Ask.com
Dogpile.com
Google.com
Google has celebrated alot of off the wall and normal holidays, but they have NEVER honored Memorial Day.
-Colonel Steve
Today, we buried my uncle (my mom's only brother). He was 84 years old.
I haven't spoken any about his death. I've been really struggling with all the stuff associated with the death of a loved on...memories, what to say, and stuff like that.
He died this past Wednesday, which was also Lady Colonel's birthday. Thursday would have been his 60th wedding anniversary. Friday was his wife's birthday (my aunt).
Today was a relief. It was very comforting to see the legacy he left in his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. A legacy I hadn't really thought about while he was alive.
My uncle was the father of seven children. Two girls (the first and last) with five boys in the middle. The boys were all Eagle scouts. When the fifth one earned Eagle in the late sixties, the family was one of only 19 families that had that many Eagles.
Each of the seven graduated college...two doctors, two engineers, a teacher, an architect, and a forestry major. All were successful in their careers.
My uncle's desire for seeing other's learn passed on to even the grandchildren's generation. He made sure their education was paid. As either generation wished to extend their education, he made sure of that as well. Master's, Phd, pilot's license, he encouraged it all verbally and with his wallet.
The most touching point in the eulogies came from my cousin. He spoke of working in the family business on Saturday's with his dad. Even at the age of eight, he was sweeping factory floors and cleaning up the offices. Mid-morning, before they left their half-day at noon, dad (my uncle) would remind him to check with each of the factory workers to see if they needed a soft drink. A simple thing that spoke volumes of the type of man he was.
Rather fitting that he was buried on Memorial Day. One part of his life he almost never spoke of, even to his kids, was the years 1942 and after that he served in the Navy's Pacific Fleet. To him, it was just part of life. One of those things you just did because it was right. Period.
We all will miss him.
-Colonel Steve
It doesn't happen as often as we wish, but a glimpse of wisdom happened on Capitol Hill. As noted today at Instapundit, Bill Frist is quoted as saying:
FRIST: ... if there are accusations of bribery, of having lost the trust, abused the trust of the American people, criminal activity, no House member, no senator, nobody in government should be above the law of the land, period.
And a search warrant was obtained to go in. So to answer your question, no, I don't think it abused separation of powers. I think there's allegations of criminal activity, and the American people need to have the law enforced.
I don't think it was a separation of powers question. I've looked at it very carefully.
Looks like he's 180 degrees from the stand taken in the House.
(Interview snippet can be found at volpac.org.)
-Colonel Steve
We went to see "X Men 3: The Last Stand" this past Friday. Fox News notes that it became the second highest opening of any movie, behind "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith", coming in at $45 million on Friday alone.
This one in the series is more action packed then the others. However, I thought the character development wasn't as good as the previous two.
Also noted at Fox was the upcoming "Superman Returns" movie. Production costs have risen to make it the most expensive movie ever made. I've only heard good things about it so far and I'm planning on seeing it as well.
-Colonel Steve
Each year, the Third United States Infantry Regiment ("The Old Guard"), stationed at Arlington National Cemetery, places flags at each of the graves. They receive assistance from each branch of the military, as well as the Boy Scouts.
This pic, from Arlington's 2004 "Flags In" ceremony, brought back memories of my days as a Boy Scout. Projects like these were common in our troop and other troops across the nation. Flag placement at cemeteries and flag carrying during parades that we did on Memorial Day weekend were two that came to mind.
Little things, I know, but remembrance was the key. That remembrance has stayed with me as an adult.
Each of you who are in the military today, Thank You. Each of you who have served in the past, Thank You.
-Colonel Steve
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