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• PHOTOS Construction continues on the Hoover Dam Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

  
  starcasm.net — Authority: 602
  You have to see these stunning images from the ongoing Hoover Dam Bypass construction. Now known as the Mike OCallaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, it spans the Colorado River 1,600 feet downstream from the Hoover Dam and will connect the states of Nevada and Arizona via U.S. Route 93. The final cost of the bridge ...
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• "Where Men Win Glory" by Jon Krakauer

  
  like to write stuff — Authority: 118
  I recently finished reading “Where Men Win Glory” by Jon Krakauer and found it to be pretty powerful. The book is on former NFL standout and Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan, Pat Tillman and features much of the same great writing that Krakauer provided in two prior books of his I’ ve read… “Into ...
  1 week ago

• Is The Army Trying To Give The Media The Runaround On Ft. Hood?

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 802
  More confusion has arisen surrounding the events at Fort Hood last Thursday. Today the NYT is running an A-1 story about an eyewitness account that throws into question Sgt. Kimberly Munley’s role in taking down shooter Nadil Hasan during last week’s deadly rampage: The witness, who asked not to be ...
  2 weeks ago

• Remembering Pat Tillman

  
  Sporting Madness — Authority: 125
  Today was Remembrance Day (Veterans Day in the U.S.), so Ive been doing a lot of reflecting on soldiers, wars and history. Ryan Gallivan has a good round-up of some excellent reading for the day, including this tremendous piece from Matt Ufford of Kissing Suzy Kolber fame on his experiences in Iraq, so I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Former NBA player Tim James charts new course in Iraq

  
  surroundings me — Authority: 140
  Tim James used to stay in four-star hotels and ride in luxury SUVs. At the start of a long road trip, a staffer would hand him a per diem check for $1,300. That’s about half of what he makes an entire month now as a solder in Tikrit, Iraq. A former first-round NBA draft pick, James shares a 500-square foot living ...
  2 weeks ago

• Book Review: Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman (2008) by Mary Tillman with Narda Zacchino.

  
  Law Religion Culture Review — Authority: 110
  Pat Tillman deserves tributes. His selfless story about leaving the NFL, and millions of dollars, to serve his country is a rare and inspiring one. Unfortunately, his decision resulted in his death in Afghanistan by fratricide . Then, this tragedy was compounded by misinformation about the circumstances of his ...
  2 weeks ago

• To all those who have served, Thank You

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 746
  In the United States today is Veterans Day, it is a day for all of us who are so free to take a little time to thank those who have served to grant us these freedoms. Quite frankly it is a sentiment that is largely lost in the American Society. Many have served, many have paid the ultimate price to preserve out ...
  2 weeks ago

• Famous Veterans day quotes: Remembering Pat Tillman

  
  Free INFO — Authority: 448
  Many athletes have sacrificed parts of their careers to serve the military in time of war. We honor all of them today by focusing on Pat Tillman , who sacrificed his life. Pat Tillman gave up a multi-million dollar salary to serve his country. He is one of many who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Watch this ...
  2 weeks ago

• Veterans Day: Heroes & Asterisks

  
  Josh Q. Public — Authority: 560
      I am a patriot, and I love my country.  Because my country is all I know.  -Pearl Jam Public Service Announcement :  OK, here we go!  What’s crack-a-lacking sports fans?  Happy Veteran’s Day .  From the Halls of Montezuma.  To the shores of Tripoli.  We will fight our country’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• War veterans can be found on countless cards from past

  
  The Beckett Blog — Authority: 587
  With Wednesday being Veterans Day, we figured it to be no better time than now to revisit some sports cards from the past that have obvious military ties.
  2 weeks ago

• The Consciousness Industry Flexes Its Muscles

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  Two weeks ago, when we were still ramping up to any Congressional vote over health care reform, I wrote the following remark about the impact of the “consciousness industry” on any likely outcome: Thus, the future of health care will rest not on either the underlying principles of “how doctors think” ...
  2 weeks ago

• Happy Birthday, Pat Tillman

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 721
  By Kevin Tillman Pat Tillman’s birthday is Nov. 6, and we wish to commemorate his life by republishing Truthdig’s most popular piece, written by Pat’s brother Kevin Tillman, entitled “After Pat’s Birthday.” READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 6, 2009 Sen. George McGovern on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Why you should watch Jon Stewart and “The Daily Show”

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 439
  Yeah, it’s entertaining as all hell. But even though Stewart insists he’s not a journalist and not trying to be a journalist, and even though this might even be true, the fact is that he and his show end up committing journalism — real, valuable journalism — from time to time. The latest example has to do ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tillman-McChrystal Controversy? Jon Stewart Had It First

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 802
  The big story to come out of Meet The Press this week has been author Jon Krakauer ’s assertion that General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was implicated in the cover-up about the death of Pat Tillman , the football-star-turned-Army Ranger who was killed in Afghanistan in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tangled Web: Author Accuses Gen. McChrystal Of Lying About Tillman Death

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 802
  Talk about inconvenient timing. Pat Tillman is a spectre that continues to haunt both the Bush administration and the U.S. military. Short recap: Tillman, a former professional football player, famously left a promising career in the NFL shortly after 9/11 to join the army, and was killed while on tour in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tangled Web: Author Accuses Gen. McChrystal Of Lying About Tillman Death

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 802
  Talk about inconvenient timing. Pat Tillman is a spectre that continues to haunt both the Bush administration and the U.S. military. Short recap: Tillman, a former professional football player, famously left a promising career in the NFL shortly after 9/11 to join the army, and was killed while on tour in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Krakauer’s new book claims McChrystal lied about Tillman’s death

  
  WagerWeb Entertainment — Authority: 525
  A new book is dredging up some uncomfortable history for Stanley McChrystal at an inconvenient time. Just as the general’s credibility is on the line in Afghanistan, Jon Krakauer’s paints McChrystal as the central figure in the cover-up of Pat Tillman ’s friendly fire death. McChrystal says he made an honest ...
  3 weeks ago

• Thoughts on Pat Tillman

  
  The Sly Oyster | culture, entertainment, liberal arts, shenanigans — Authority: 492
  Author Jon Krakauer discusses the aftermath of Pat Tillman’s death and the lies of General Stanley McChrystal: “After Tillman died, the most important thing to know is that within–instantly, within 24 hours certainly, everybody on the ground, everyone intimately involved knew it was friendly fire. There’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Max Headroom: We think Rush Limbaugh has a crush on Sarah Palin

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 571
  Really, Rush? This week on “Fox News Sunday,” the network gave Rush Limbaugh a chat similar in style to Obama’s sitdown chat a month or two ago on other networks. The best nugget is where he says that Sarah Palin’s ready to be, uh, president. Wild thing Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s darkest mark on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Trevor Alders – The Man Who Killed Pat Tillman

  
  Your Moral Leader — Authority: 146
  I’m reading Jon Krakauer’s book on Pat Tillman , the former Arizona Cardinal safety who volunteered to join the U.S. military and was shot down by mistake by his fellow Rangers. Krakauer writes that all the evidence points to Trevor Alders as the man who killed Pat Tillman. What was his punishment? He was ...
  3 weeks ago

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