redaction.
Another fair and balanced story from the Associated Press…
Not a slap at you, HOPLOETHOS. It tires us all out to read the tone in these stories.
I am really curious if the AP folks could whip out a quick tally on how many American kids still have mommies and daddies thanks to people serving on PSD’s? They never seem to count live Americans, do they?
I’ll shut up now… 
Please tell Jan Schakowsky that she can blow me. Thanks.
Yeah…for real. I’d like to see her risk her neck for something more than maybe a hickey.
I don’t think I would ever be that hard up myself. :eek:
Instead, please tell her to go take a jog through one of the uncleared minefields that Saddam Hussein left behind as a legacy!! :mad:
wtf? Katy Helvenston sued blackwater for her sons death?? Anyone got the whole story on this?
Damnit.
I guess I better stock up on t-shirts and stickers because I love the name and logo.
Couldn’t they have just changed their name to Ravenwood?
No shit. I’ll be selling the Blackwater hat I picked up at SHOT 2007 for $100 bucks on eBay. :rolleyes:
BW is just a victim of the same old shoddy “journalism.”
However, I do agree about Ravenwood:
M_P
I want that shirt, where’d ya get it?
Xe.
Odd.
I dunno, make sure you’ve had all your shots first. Penicillin doesn’t cure squat anymore.
I wouldn’t get worked up about it. it’s old news and i’s probably more of an emotional decision/reaction.
As far as the name change, it’s understandable, but I think they could have come up with something better. I mean what the heck is a “Xe”?
I also liked the old name and logo.
Joe Mamma
I agree.
I don’t get it either. I found this by way of Google. It is the symbol for an element in the periodic table for chemistry.
Symbol: Xe
Name: Xenon
Name Origin: From the Greek word xenon (stranger)
Classification: Noble Gas
Uses: powerful lamps, bubble chambers
Obtained From: liquid air
Hmm, actually I though the AP article’s tone wasn’t bad. Why do you think it was?
Been talking about this with my BW buddies here. One of them complained about KBR getting their new contract, yet BW gets dumped by State. My response is that KBR is not universally hated by the majority of Iraqis and doesn’t have a reputation for brassing locals.
Unlike KBR, they have given the tax payers a great deal, and I have never heard any reports of BW book keeping or contract irregularities. But their reputation here caught up with them in the end and a politically based decision was made.
redaction.
What is the TIP going to do???
C4