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Women and combat badgesIn October, I postulated [in a letter to the editor] the Army would not issue the Combat Infantryman Badge to soldiers with military occupational specialties other than infantry, because it would expose the canard that women are not serving in prohibited units and not conducting prohibited missions. Army Regulation 600-13, Army Policy for the Assignment of Female Soldiers, states: “The Army’s assignment policy for female soldiers allows women to serve in any officer or enlisted specialty or position except in those specialties, positions, or units (battalion size or smaller) which are assigned a routine mission to engage...

Pray for MAJ Gregg Softy, who has just undergone an emergency apendectomy, here in Iraq.

President Bush secretly landed an hour ago and is currently eating Thanksgiving dinner at my undisclosed location. Anticipate a press release after he takes off. ChiefKujo

Note to reader: S&S only posts letters on their web site a week after publication, so I had to hand-jam the following. As an example of this author's other work, I've included a link to another letter this guy had published in S&S: http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?article=9911 Time to Vote It’s time for U.S. citizens in Europe to request their absentee ballots and vote in the November elections. Both major political parties are in basic agreement on the war on terrorism and using force in Iraq. So other issues, such as the economy, may determine voters’ choices. The bad economy coincides with President...

Boies compares Optical -v- Punchcard ballots. He contends that counties with punch card balloting machines have a 350% higher percentage of uncounted votes for president than counties with optical balloting machines. The fact is, the counties with punch card ballots are overwhelmingly democratic. This proves that there was little enthusiasm for democrats voting for gore. "If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with bullsh*t."

Watching the Boise Hearing

    WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court argument next week over Florida's ballots will focus almost entirely on a federal law--apparently never used in the 113 years it has been on the books--that forbids states to decide presidential elections based on rules adopted after the voting.     Lawyers for Texas Gov. George W. Bush had advanced grand constitutional arguments against the hand recounting of Florida's votes. But the justices turned away those claims in their brief order Friday announcing that they would take the case next week. Instead, the justices said they would consider whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision to require ...