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Once Upon Us – “When You’re Not Around”

Ryan Paul — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:21:55 +0000

My mate Nate Winishut is a Sergeant in the U.S Army. Deployed to Iraq twice to kick ass and take names, all the while Nate was developing his musical skills to what I think are a superb level. He got together with a dude called Ben Tolman and created a band called ‘Once Upon Us’. This is one of their tracks:

The necessity of any armed force

Ryan Paul — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:21:46 +0000

I was having a little bit of a discussion with a friend yesterday about people who join the Canadian Forces. The lady I was talking to said she supported their decision but does not like the army.

She went into a rant in greater detail and explained that she hates the way young people often are victims in armed conflict and that war is profitable to major corporations.

I tried to be neutral and explain that whenever there’s an armed conflict and soldiers are sent into battle – they don’t go into a battle for profit; at least a Canadian soldier’s primary motivation into going into battle isn’t to get rich. I told her that Canadian soldiers serve and stand on the front line or stand on a wall to protect her and the rest of Canada’s population while they sleep, and that there’s a need for that.

I also told her about the bumper sticker I saw that reads ‘If you don’t support our troops, feel free to stand in front of them’. Interesting caption huh?

Wotever

Ryan Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:38:42 +0000

According to this next news story… smoking costs the NHS more than £5billion a year. I’ve been saying all along that smokers shouldn’t get free health care. Let them pay their own damn costs instead of the taxpayer. Makes me sick that non-smokers should have to pay to help people who voluntarily and willingly ruin their own health!

The Daily Mail reports that Gordon Brown imposed a spending limit in Afghanistan during 2006, which basically restricted the British Army in doing things like fighting, patrols, etc.