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I have yet to receive my copy of this book but from what I can tell it was written by one of the greatest men in American history. Clarence Thomas has made the rounds on some talks shows over the last week and I think I have a pretty decent grasp on what his story is about.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas grew up extremely poor. He had a single mother and frequently had to fend for himself because no one was around to watch after him. Then his grandfather came into his life.

His grandfather was a tough as nails man who required the most from his grandson. He worked Clarence hard and always required that the young man work hard and do the best he could. Mr. Thomas acquired his inner compass from his grandfather, this I’m sure of.

And thank God for this man’s stubbornness. After Clarence left the seminary his grandfather kicked him out of the house because Clarence was going back on his word. This left the one-day Supreme Court Justice on his own.

Mr. Thomas goes on to have a distinguished career speaking out on the ills of the black community and as a distinguished judge. His exemplary career led to his nomination to the Supreme Court where he would be politically lynched by senatorial jackals and their liberal overlords. Anita Hill and the whole disgusting show luckily ended with one of the greatest men in our nation’s history becoming a Supreme Court Justice.

Many great things can be learned from this man but I think that the most important thing is that even though he had so many obstacles put in front of him all throughout his life he never succumbed to the pressure and became a victim. Even though there are still a bunch of racist pigs who want his failure because he’s black or, even worse, because he’s a conservative black he never let that get to him. His success or failure was because of his doing.

He is his own man and I think that was because his grandfather was the way he was. The message of personal responsibility is palpable in everything that he does and says. Everyone is going to face some resistance in their lives. Clarence Thomas has been faced with enough resistance for a dozen lifetimes and has come out of it battered and bruised but he is his own man. God bless him. BigT

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Obviously I was ecstatic when this show it the air a couple of years ago. The first season (The Unit - The Complete First Season) and the second season (The Unit - The Complete Second Season) were in my top five favorite shows. And, you know what, even though I think the show is going to a bad place it will remain in my top five for as long as its on because it is a well-made show with a great cast portraying the bravest men who are alive doing what they do.

What bothers me about this show is that, starting last year, it has moved leftward. One of the episodes featured the ex-president (papa bad ass on the show) from 24 aborting his mission because he didn’t want to assassinate a South American who was using the government to take control over American oil interests. It is portrayed as if this guy was doing this because he really cared about “his” people, but come on.

Jump to the season finale from last year and the Unit, the name for Delta Force, is either on the lamb, imprisoned, or working for the CIA. The government is working to take down the Unit because who knows what. Furthermore, a bit of kook-conspiracy is bandied about. Now, I might differ from you on this because I love conspiracies on television shows. One of my favorite shows was The X-Files specifically because it was one big conspiracy theory.

The specific conspiracy theory is that the same six families have controlled the United States since the beginning. Nothing really new here, I guess, there are probably more conspiracies about families controlling the world then you can count.

And I don’t think that matters. It is still a great show that has me riveted every week. What else can you ask for? I learned a long time ago that, unless the movie or show is egregious, the political leaning does not really matter to me. Now, if the end of the premiere episode leads to a very bad place, maybe like the United States being responsible for what was found, I might have something different to say. But until then, it is still definitely in my top five.

If my words don’t convince you, here’s what Jonah Goldberg, Michael Goldfarb, and a college student who ferried the lefty - Delta Force operator - creator, Eric Haney, around has to say about The Unit:

Jonah Goldberg posts two comments today in response to Tuesday’s season premiere of The Unit on CBS. I’ve been a big fan of the show for its last two seasons. It’s not great television and there is no real substance to it. But it is highly entertaining, and for two years it has been hands down the most pro-military show on prime-time television. The cast was routinely called upon to carry out assassinations of Muslim terrorists, and even staged a covert mission into Iran last season. But the season premier included what was obviously an extremely awkward moment for much of the show’s audience–myself included–when the wife of the unit’s CO remarks:

America is controlled by 6 families and always has been, sometimes they inter-marry and sometimes they hire out to especially gifted people and on rare occasion allow in someone who shows exceptional potential.

The accusation is absurd, (I assume the Clinton and Bush families would be counted among them, who are the other four?), but I didn’t take it at face value. The woman who utters this is the most loathsome character on the show, bordering on mentally unstable, and the delusional charge only reinforces her status as the show’s baddie (she made another character take the fall for her DUI last season). But one of Jonah’s readers thinks there might be more to it:

One of the speakers that we booked last year was Eric Haney, author of Inside Delta Force and the director and creator of The Unit. I spent multiple hours with Command Sergeant Major Haney (drove him from Dulles to W&L and back) and quickly found out that he has an ax to grind with conservatives and the US government. While he gave many years of honorable service to the US Army, he is unapologetically left wing, believes the Iraq War absolutely heinous, and that Islam is not the problem. You would never know his political views from the first two seasons of The Unit which is why I was painfully surprised to learn of them upon bringing him to campus. That being said, I wasn’t surprised to watch this season’s premier of The Unit. It is truly unfortunate that the only veterans Hollywood seems to embrace are those that march to their political drumbeat. The statement by Colonel Ryan’s wife, quoted in your Corner post, accurately reflects the ideology that drives Command Sergeant Major Haney, an ideology that apparently is going to be at the forefront of this season’s storylines. Command Sergeant Major Haney’s service as an American soldier is nothing short of heroic and it saddens me to see such a hero blinded by the intellectual desert that is modern liberalism.

I’m still dubious that the show would run away from its audience like that. Last season closed with the unit on the run from the U.S. government, but again, I’d always assumed this would somehow be revealed as necessary sacrifice for the greater good. But if the show really is heading in another direction, I suspect its audience will as well.

I hope Mr. Goldfarb is right. It’s a great show and needs to stay that way. BigT

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I just looked back at one of my favorite websites after finding the material for the Blackwater Responds post. The site that I went to is called specialoperations.com and it is one hell of a site for anyone who wants to learn all the information out there on our special ops guys. If you are one of them or know what they do you know that these guys are the absolute best in the world and hats off to the site for telling us more about them.

One place you definitely have to look at is Deke’s Diary. He is a special ops soldier in Afghanistan right now and writes about what he is going through. He’s a very intelligent man (they all are) and maintains probably the most well-written blog on the Internet. And this is all done by him handwriting everything and mailing it back to the states! It isn’t updated all that often for that reason but is very important for you to read. Here’s what he thinks about Iraq:

Dear Deke,

Q. I know you are in Afghanistan, but do you think the U.S. can win in Iraq? My son is there.
Melinda B. –Montana

A. That’s a tough one. I don’t think you should think in terms of the U.S. winning. The way it looks to me is, if the Iraqis can’t step up soon and take over their country both politically and security-wise, we will have a long road of either waiting for them to wake up or just phasing out our troops region by region hoping for the best. I think we will always have some presence there, though.

Sobering. And I agree.

The best source of just information on this site may be about our enemies. Just click on the SOC Terrorism Guidebook and you’ll get to download a 55 page guide detailing who our enemies are. This site has tons of other information on it and should be used as a source for anyone who wants to learn more about special operations soldiers. BigT

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