Free Republic

I log in every day to download the previous day's podcast. Today it isn't letting me log in, and when I go to the retrieve password site, it is acting like I don't even have a username. I have been doing this forever, and just saw my auto-renewal go through the other day.

Most of you experienced the "media storm" over Bob Woodward's new book-criticizing Rumsfeld and the administration,natch. When the Department of Defense issued a blistering rebuttal, it was as if a tree fell in a deserted forest. Read the rebuttal - and a few other interesting facts- right here.

Tactical Ops Center Runs 24/7 Joint Command Post provides real-time data so commanders can make critical decisions rapidly. By U.S. Army Pfc. Jason Dangel 4th Brigade Combat Team BAGHDAD, July 14, 2006 -- The brain, defined as a part of the spine and central nervous system, is responsible for controlling all functions in the human body. Just like the human brain, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry DivisionÂ’s Tactical Operation Center operates 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. The TOC, or command post, manages all operations within the brigade combat team. It is where all brigade staff sections come together...

U.S. Army Capt. Kathlen Stornelli (left), physician’s assistant, Company C, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, wraps a bandage over the ankle of Spc. Silas Brown, a combat medic assigned to Company C, at Forward Operating Base Duke, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Edgar Reyes Company C Aid Station Soldiers On Call 24/7 Despite long workdays and details at Forward Operating Base Duke, Company C personnel stand ready to treat injured soldiers. By U.S. Army Pfc. Edgar Reyes2nd Brigade Combat Team4th Infantry Division FORWARD OPERATING BASE DUKE, Iraq, April 12, 2006 — When U.S....

Rush 24/7 Adopt-A-Soldier November 10, 2005 Download Windows Media PlayerListen to Rush Conduct Broadcast Excellence (highly recommended by poster while reading along) BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: It was Monday and Tuesday that they were debating the Harkin Amendment on the floor of the US Senate, and the purpose of the Harkin Amendment was to set up an ombudsman for Armed Forces Radio that would oversee fairness and balance and so forth, and Harkin's concern was that there was way too much of me and not enough liberalism on Armed Forces Radio, discounting that NPR was all liberal, and so in...

RUSH: Welcome to the program, Pete. I'm glad you called. CALLER: Mega dittos, Rush, long-time listener, first-time caller. RUSH: Thank you. CALLER: Uh, you were talking earlier about the $49 that the New York Times is charging now to read their op-ed page? RUSH: Yes. CALLER: Just looking at the surface of that as far as paying people to read their opinion, what's the difference between that and your service? RUSH: (laughs) Well, where do I start? My service has more than just five or six op-ed writers on it. If you've been to the Rush 24/7 site, you're looking...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. forces searching for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden along the mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan will soon implement high-tech surveillance tactics in the region, enabling them to monitor the area 24 hours a day, seven days a week, CNN has learned.</p>

So, not so long ago I decided to put up the money and buy myself a subscription to Rush Limbaugh's web-based subscription service. When Rush decided to call it "Rush 24/7," he was not kidding. Soon after I made the well-priced purchase, I found that I could then watch Mr. Limbaugh deliver sports commentary on ESPN. This was an unexpected addition the subscription package. One morning, much to my surprise, I found that all of the morning news shows were talking about Rush. FOX, ABC, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC were all reporting that the conservative talk show host had made...

Truth is non-story in 24/7 media culture One of my favorite writers, Walker Percy, is said to have had a one-word sign posted above his desk - "Wait." What a quaint idea. In today's media world, we don't wait. Our 24/7 perpetual news cycle and our cultural insistence on instant gratification have produced a bizarre holographic environment in which we try to piece together truth with fragments of evolving reality that shift and morph according to the tilt of the earth and the slant of sunlight. As a friend recently put it, trying to figure out current events is like...

IS OZZY TO BE PITIED OR SCORNED? J. Grant Swank, Jr., POB 1984, Windham ME 04062 Pastor, New Hope Church, Windham ME Ozzy’s English boyhood was poor—father worked nights in a steel plant, mother worked days at a car plant. No money, no auto, meager food. He claims as a child he had one pair of shoes, no underpants, trousers and one jacket. At the base of his bed was a bucket for urinating in. There were no clean sheets on his bed, overcoats used as sheets when all else failed. Dad beat on Ozzy, chiefly for the boy’s attempts...