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5:03 A.M.

This weekend brings an extremely heavy edit weekend, which I point out because things are finally coming to a close with the new re-designed election version of Young Americans. Given that everything was in place for this to hour on Showtime literally next month ( after twice being delayed for strike considerations ) I should be highly depressed that the Hollywood shuffle cost me so much delay and a giant hole in my tattered wallet, somehow I’m eeerily calm due to an instinctinve feeling that things are actually happening the way they were supposed to, no matter how many expectations about release date were shattered leaving all of us quite frustrated and angry. God’s plan kind of thing. And to all my cynical and atheist friends who roll their eyes at that kind of , you try having bombs go off under your ass, being pullled off helos that crash at the last minute, jump into vehicles while bullets are hitting the door, ad nauseum, and not have the feeling that maybe something’s helping you out through all this. Not because I’m special or “chosen” or something else self-centered, just that a story and history like this is something God might want to protect. I’m just a tool. Ask anybody.

5:28 A.M.

Don’t be tellin’ me Dollards can’t be counted on.

News note sent from Dan The Infidel:

Profiles of valor: USMC Cpl. Dollard

In June 2007, U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Ian Dollard was on patrol with his team in Saqlawiyah, Iraq, when they encountered a jihadi ambush. One Marine was hit by enemy fire in the first attack, and then the platoon commander, 1st Lt. Paul Brisker, was hit by a second attack from another position. Dollard quickly put his life on the line using his body to shield Brisker from further fire while he administered first aid. In the process, his armor was hit twice, but he pressed on, dragging Brisker more than 25 yards to a Humvee. However, as Dollard approached the vehicle, he was hit in the leg. He ignored his injury, making sure the platoon was supported on their way out and back to their operating base. Only then did he tell his Staff Sgt. , “Oh, by the way, I got shot too.” Brisker eventually made a full recovery, and we’re proud to report that Cpl. Dollard was awarded the Silver Star.

I must say, Saqlawiyah sounds like an Indian princess or a small town in Canada. I’ll look him up, see if we can feature something on him here.

5:37 A.M.

Once again, if you missed my appearance on the Right Wing Queen of Blog Talk Radio’s Media Lizzy’s show yesterday, you can catch it here. We go over a lot, including the Hussein/Rezko bribe.

7:02 A.M.

O’Reilly meets Ron Burgundy.

8:44 A.M

You know, given that Olbermann is not only a jerk, but such a tediously predictable one, as well as one without any ratings, I’m starting to wonder why all get so hot and bothered about him, as opposed to just occasionally amused by him. Sometimes I wonder if all of us on the right blogosphere are doing more to help this choad’s career than anyone.

8:56 A.M.

First of all, I don’t tell any of this for sympathy, just to keep everyone updated.

They ed up the results of the last MRI. I got back some that belonged to some old man with a head even bigger than mine.
So I’m going back tomorrow at 4:30. Now the reason I’m so interested in this, is because as you’ve all probably heard a million times, almost everyone over there who got their bell rung hard enough by IEDs has had some neurological damage, and two weeks ago, when I was off the site a bit and killing myself I also had two more TIA’s, temporary ischemic attacks, more commonly known as “mini strokes”. As alarming as that sounds it ain’t that bad in that no blood vessels break and cause permanent damage as in a real stroke, it’s usually just some form of blockage, or in the case of blast concussion victims, little bubbles of gas. On the actually alarming front, huge, huge numbers of TIA victims end up getting the real thing in months or years. The thing about getting hit with big IEDs there, is that they can cause ( and I don’t understand this entirely) little gas bubbles to form in your brain, that can go off at any time in future, striking you dead or disabled.

In other words,

we carry the IEDs home with us

in our brains.

And I ain’t talkin memory.

Just so everyone knows, I’m not a big PTSD guy. Not saying it doesn’t exist, I’m just saying that I was determined to go over fully knowing I was going to see horror and feel terror, and likely to get wounded, yet come back stronger for it, not come back whining about “Oh the horror, I’m damaged, I can’t cope.” Fuck that. We’re all different, and there are those who saw and lost much more than me, so I’m not taking anything from them. I’m just saying we all take different out of these experiences for a million different reasons, and if only by sheer force of willpower, I was coming back stronger, better equipped to handle any challenge, horror, terror threat. I like that I’m edgy, on guard, ready. If I got PTSD, I like it. At least my version of it.

12:27 P.M.

Update from the Green Zone:

My friends there have told me that the indirect fire has dropped dramatically over the last week. “Sporadic at best” is probably the best summary quote I got.

What did Time Mag say? “Al Sadr wins another round”? Doesn’t winning usually means your enemy lays down his arms, not you?

And lastly, as far as the AP’s report that “1,000″ rounds hit the green zone in the last month, every source there, and I’m talking even non-military friends without an agenda unanimously said “Way exaggerated” on the polite end to “bull, lying motherers” on the less polite end.

6:17 P.M.

Sorry for the delay guys, I’ve been posting here, but also cooking up some trouble with Right Hand Girl and Welsh. Let’s see how do I drop a hint without giving away too much information. Okay: Expect to see us at the DNC. With a little before and a little after.

6:53 P.M.