Michael Bane
I've added Michael Bane's new weblog to my link-list.
Michael is the author of several books, a motivational speaker, a marketting advisor and/or representative (most recently for NSSF) and is currently the host of the hit OUTDOOR CHANNEL show SHOOTING GALLERY.
I met him on The Unofficial IPSC list around 1997, and finally met him in person at the 1999 USPSA Area 1 Championship Tournament in Reno, Nevada. At the time, Michael was running for the USPSA presidency. (He lost, but not by very many votes.) We were squadded together with a number of other 'big names' in competitive shooting such as Cal Eldridge , Matt Burkett, Carl Carbon and Tod Jarrett. (Incidently, Carbon was shooting OPEN with a single-stack .45acp) I never knew how I had been scheduled to shoot with such an impressive group of people. But while Michael spent a lot of time talking with these people whom he had known for many years, he spent a lot of talking to me, too. We went out to dinner a couple of evenings, where he treated SWMBO and me to many stories of, for example, interviewing Dolly Parton or Shania Twain for "Rolling Stone" articles. I found him to be a gifted raconteur, and reading his weblog I see that he hasn't lost the gift.
He could also sell snow to Eskimos. Give him a read. You'll be glad you did.
WSJ's Opinion Journal
I've also added the OPINION JOURNAL to my link-list.
While the Wall Street Journal may frequently espouse liberal viewpoints, the Opinion Journal is decidedly conservative. Best of all, most of the Opinion Journal ... their 'commentary' section .. is available to non-subscribers. (You must subscribe to view much of the Opinion Journal, but the subscription is free.)
Regular features include Peggy Noonan's columns, and Best Of The Web Today, by James Taranto, an (Free Subscription Required.)
I got a kick out of Taranto's BOTWT for January 20. It included the following:
Terrible Unswift Shields
Here's a brilliant little post by blogger Second Lt. Lance Frizzell, a Tennessee National Guardsman serving in Iraq:
Back in January '03, you may remember a group of Western liberals who volunteered to go to Iraq as human shields in case the US enforced UN resolutions that Saddam violated. Key graf:
". . . they are willing to put themselves in the firing line should US and British forces bomb Iraq. They plan to identify potential bombing targets such as power stations and bridges and act as human shields to protect them."
Well, I think I have just the job for these globe-travelers: Iraq Election Poll Worker. They are familiar with the terrain and people, they have a self-professed desire to help and they seem very articulate. However, their biggest asset is bravery. If they are willing to hunker down between Coalition Forces and a bridge, standing between a foreign terrorist and a polling precinct should be no big deal. Any takers?
Keep us posted, Lt. Frizzell.
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