http://adkins9.net/wordpress Someplace to leave notes, photos, or whatever Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:16:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The following letter was written by Lt. Jason Nichols, a Naval officer who is currently serving in Baghdad. He is also the head of Appeal for Courage, a group of American active duty and reserve service personnel who are appealing to Congress to stay and finish the war.  Senator Reid:   When you ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2007/04/22/an-open-letter-to-senator-reid-on-his-declaration-of-defeat/ This picture has drawn a lot of comments from readers of the Nashville paper, The Tennessean, like the one below:Dear Tennessean:The Tennessean's April 5 photograph of young Christian Golczynski accepting the American flag from Marine Lt. Col. Ric Thompson is one of the most moving and emotion provoking images I ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2007/04/21/21/ Why isn't this in the news? http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2007/01/21/17/  A Cav trooper speaks out on the Surge.    Following the article I sent about Bush's national address and troop increase, I thought it was a good idea to let you all know what the perspective is over here. I'm tired of hearing the media's skewed version, the politicians squabbling over what they read ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2007/01/21/mail-from-a-1st-cav-medic/             This morning, my wife started crying when we listened to the long-awaited findings of the Iraq Study Group.            She said, “Just great! We have two sons in harm’s way, and they have a bunch of gray-haired old geezers with political agendas trying to influence how they will fight in this ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2006/12/11/my-own-iraq-study-group/ Sixty-three years ago, Nazi Germany had overrun almost all of Europe and hammered England to the verge of bankruptcy and defeat, and had sunk more than four hundred British ships in their convoys between England and America for food and war materials.At that time the US was in an isolationist, ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2006/10/24/historical-significance/ It's fascinating that this should come out of Europe.  Mathias Dapfner, Chief Executive of the huge German publisher Axel Springer AG, has written a blistering attack in DIE WELT, Germany's largest daily paper, against the timid reaction of Europe in the face of the Islamic threat.  This is a must-read ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2006/08/12/13/ FINISH IT!   Nebraska Alliance - Times Herald Lincoln, July 19, 2006   Why the world should stand back and let Israel do what it has to do. Dave Wilson, Capt. Retired, US Navy   When I was in the Navy, I once witnessed a bar fight in downtown Olongapo (Philippines) that still haunts ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2006/08/11/finish-it/ Theere's a NEW, IMPROVED Adkins Family Tree at www.adkins9.net/tree presently still 'under construction.'  The old site still at www.adkins9.net/family/PhpGedView was revamped July 3, has gotten 17,639 'hits' (visitors) since last month, and yesterday alone got 1,274 hits. If you haven't yet, take a look at it, and be sure to contribute your ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2006/08/09/adkins-family-genealogy/ By an Australian Dentist: You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American. So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial ... http://adkins9.net/wordpress/2006/05/19/to-kill-an-american/