Hanging around in the Land of Sand

[aadler]

 
Being as today is my leave date, I was supposed to be on my way yesterday. Didn’t happen. When I showed up at the airport yesterday, it was 23 hours until the next available flight. I won’t depart till late this evening, and at this point there’s no telling how long the transition in Kuwait will take; people who have gone before, advise me that a 13- or 14-hour turnover is common there.

On the bright side, my leave doesn’t officially begin until the midnight after I arrive at my destination; I’ll still have the full two weeks, it’ll just start later.

Also encouraging, on a slightly different subject, I’m past 8,000 words on my current Buffyfic. I’ll write some more today, and more tomorrow in Kuwait. Maybe, maybe, I can complete it while I’m still in-theater. Twice now, I’ve finished — in Iraq and in Afghanistan — stories I had begun back in the States; once, I started a story in Iraq, went home on leave, and then finished it while in Kuwait on the trip back. This could be the first time I finish, back home, a story I began in-theater.

This week, in the U.S. of A.:

1. A Republican was elected to Teddy Kennedy’s senatorial seat from Massachusetts
2. The Supreme Court wiped out the central feature of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance ‘reform’ law, in a victory for free speech
3. Air America ceased original programming and declared bankruptcy.

Things are looking up.

So that’s where I stand. With luck, my next post will be from home.

Comments

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Very good points -- there's a lot to do, but things really are looking up!

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

Also, did you see any of the talking heads commentary on Obama's first year in office? In a way, I almost feel sorry for him because he's being villified for not being a miracle worker. On the other had, he shouldn't have claimed to be in order to get elected.

[aadler]

Three times now, at least, I’ve seen one side or another essentially declare victory for all time. Once, I myself was observing that the Democratic Party might simply cease to exist, given the way things were going. Then the wheel turned again.

Things always change. Sometimes the change is good … but you had better always be ready for it.

[aadler]

As we sew, so shall we reap.

I don’t for a moment believe that President Obama is a bad man. (Though I remain open to evidence to the contrary.) I do believe that he is in a position to harm the United States more grievously than has any president since Buchanan … and that he’s doing it deliberately, in the earnest conviction that it’s for our own good.

So, yes, I happily greet any and all indications that his agenda may be foundering.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Anybody who declares permanent victory isn't paying attention to history -- not that parties haven't disappeared in the past, but there's always something else waiting to take its place.