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So They Could Race the Sun

Monday, April 7, 2003

• TITLE: "So They Could Race the Sun" This story of US soldiers, digging into the ground with their bare hands so they could recover the remains of their fallen comrades, will henceforth be the definition of the phrase "unsung heros."
  
  
  

• "... Subscription Drive ..."
  Here's the pitch for the Subscription Drive: Go here to read it.

• "...Quagmire Watch ..." According to Shirley & Banister Public Affairs the word "quagmire" has occurred in 772 articles about Iraq since March 19.

• "... CENTCOM Briefing ..." Here's the link to the segment of Saturday's CENTCOM briefing.

  By the way, there Mullings has added a link to the daily CENTCOM briefings (along with links to the White House and Pentagon briefings which have been available) to the main Mullings web page.

• "... Washington Post Poll ..." Here's the link to the Wash Post Poll.

• "... N.J. Toilets ..." Here's the link to the Washington Post piece about "consumer product activism.

• "... David Bloom ..." Here's a link to the MSNBC piece about David Bloom.

• "... Sisyphus ..." According to tradition Sisyphus was sly and evil and used to way-lay travelers and murder them. He betrayed the secrets of the gods and chained the god of death, Thanatos, so the deceased could not reach the underworld.

  Sisyphus was severely punished which involved his being forced to roll a block of stone against a steep hill, which tumbled back down when he reached the top. Then the whole process started again, lasting all eternity. His punishment was depicted on many Greek vases.

• Mullfoto of the Day:
  
  
  
  
  
  An exclusive and absolutely unretouched photo of the next ruler of Iraq.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  World War II Photo: A group of Marines rests by an Okinawa roadside on April 8, 1945. Ernie Pyle, center, the Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent, was killed 10 days later by a Japanese sniper
  AP Photo
  

•     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
  

  
  Actual Caption:
  Children return to school in a village near the city of Najaf in central Iraq on April 4, 2003, for the first time since the war started. An interpreter for the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion looks up at one of the youngsters. Soldiers from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion helped cleanup the school that was damaged by artillery fire.

  The soldiers also took money out of their own pockets to pay the teacher several months salary in advance.

  (Photo by: SSG Kevin P. Bell, 55th Signal Co. (COMBAT CAMERA)) ____________________________________________________________________________________