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Monday March 30, 2009 · 7:56 PM PDT

2009/03/30 · 19:56

I don't know how "substantive" this is, it's not directly political and it's not at all partisan, but it's a subject near and dear to me, and I think it's something to think about as you go about trying to influence people so I am posting a (rare) diary about it.

I was introduced to a person tonight and as usual, I put out my hand to shake hands with him. In less than 5 seconds, I was thinking "arrogant bastard!" and I will explain why below...

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 7:04 AM PDT

2008/10/26 · 07:04

In the final week leading up to this election if you need some inspiration for what to say, how to respond to Republicans, you can do worse than searching for inspiration in historic speeches. I was looking for something else entirely this morning when I ran across this from Oliver Cromwell dismissing the Long Parliament in 1653:

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Wednesday August 29, 2007 · 9:27 PM PDT

2007/08/29 · 21:27

Yesterday, Richard Jewell (44) was found dead in his home in Woodbury, Georgia. He had been ill with diabetes and kidney failure since February. His death was ignored by CBS and covered as follows by ABC, CNN, and NBC[1]:
ABC: Former Security Guard Jewell Dies
CNN: Vindicated Olympic Park bombing suspect Richard Jewell dies
NBC: Olympics bombing figure Richard Jewell dies
The word that's missing from these headlines is "Hero"

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Sunday June 03, 2007 · 2:55 PM PDT

2007/06/03 · 14:55

Eric over at Wampum has an in memorium post up with a partial list of Mr. Gilliard's "Colonial Warfare" Series. I remember this series as particulary informative and so I went to re-read it. I discovered some broken links and went into OCD mode looking up correct links and additional chapters.

Since it looks like Eric is off having a life, I'm posting the complete link set here.

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Oliver Cromwell to the Republican Party

Richard Jewell, HERO

Steve Gilliard's "Colonial Warfare" Series