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My Interests

Reading, writing, school, work, war, peace, terrorism...

I'd like to meet:

Sen. John McCain: one of the most amazing men I have ever read about.John Paul Vann: a visionary in counter-insurgency warfare.

Music:

U2, System of a down, Metallica, Guns n Roses, Tim McGraw...depends on my mood. I can even get into classical music if the time is right.

Movies:

Band of Brothers, Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, A Bright Shining Lie, The Notebook.

Television:

24, anything about terrorism, The Military Channel, The History Channel...I know, I am a dork.

Books:

Anything by Vince Flynn or Mark Bowden, historical books, warfare (especially Vietnam and WW2)

Heroes:

our soldiers

My Blog

Dems victory may be a good thing for homeland security

Some may say the success of the Dems two weeks ago is going to be a nightmare since they will attempt to take issue with the negative aspects/shortfalls of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and Homelan...
Posted by Tom on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:11:00 PST

Open letter to our lawmakers

Recently the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a report on the pre-war intelligence on Iraq.  Essentially this report confirmed what sensible people have been saying since before t...
Posted by Tom on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:52:00 PST

Extraordinary Rendition...a paper I wrote for school

    Masters of Diplomacy Norwich University   Seminar 2 Final Paper "Extraordinary Rendition: A new norm of the laws of war?"     Thomas E. Barnes Jr. August 18, 2006  ...
Posted by Tom on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:14:00 PST

America...no longer the great melting pot...more like a slop shop

How can we as a country continue to enjoy our sovereignty, which is the defining element for a country, if we are forced to allow illegals to trample our laws and rights as Americans?  There are...
Posted by Tom on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:04:00 PST

"Terrorism Expert"...or, good enough for government work

I just love how these talking heads pop-up on the various news channels and they are listed as Terror Experts or Terrorism Experts or some other innocuous title dealing with terrorism.  But when ...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:28:00 PST

Open letter to representatives of Charles County, MD

August 21, 2006     Dear esteemed representatives of Charles County, MD;   This is an open letter to all Maryland representatives, city, county, state, and federal.  As a concerned...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:04:00 PST

Hooah...and congrats!

Sorry I have not been on in a while...duty called and then school work dictated.  Anyway, just wanted to post a quick note of congratulations to my bro-in-law on making SSG...drive on hi-speed......
Posted by Tom on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 02:25:00 PST

Congress' double-standards

Nothing peeves me more than our so-called representatives in Washington, DC and the way they attempt to micromanage and criticize the rest of the government when they themselves are the biggest frauds...
Posted by Tom on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:12:00 PST

Illegal is illegal...or is it?

Jose Lechuga, 42, came to the United States illegally in 1982, received amnesty in 1986 and now operates a grocery store and restaurant in Hazleton. He said the mayor is confusing illegal people with ...
Posted by Tom on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:15:00 PST

Introduction

My name is Tom and this is my first attempt at blogging.  First, a little about me:  I am happily married and have been for 13 years to my wife Jenn.  We have two great kids, Zach who i...
Posted by Tom on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:17:00 PST