The Command T.O.C.

Going to Start Moblogging

I just figured out how to get my phone to communicate with Typepad and do some "moblogging". The issue right now is that I can only post via text message which means they will initially come in with no subject and certainly no tags etc. Those I will have to fix when I get back to a computer.

But, I thought it would be fun to do some more "real time" and "quick hit" blogging. As I will be doing this on a small phone, these will be quick posts which show, in general, my experiences and thoughts at the time.

More to follow. Now, you can track "The Command T.O.C." on Twitter (Kevinaom) and get real time updates!

Test... OK, I think we are Fixed

I know a number of people told me the network was down and I think I have finally fixed it. There was a service from a website called "Blogtricks" which I used and that service appears to be down. This caused a lock up when you tried to log on. Please provide feedback if you are still having trouble.

Thanks.

Subscribe to Comments and Change in Display

I have made some adjustments in how The Command T.O.C. appears. The first change is that comments are now sorted newest to oldest. There are some posts that are getting a lot of comments and rather than you having to scroll through everything, you can now see the most recent comments which are probably the most relevant.

Also, I have added a new feature to the comments and now you can subscribe through a RSS reader to the comments. I hope you still subscribe or come here to view the newest posts as I continue to find and report on the most important military and political information. But, if you are very interested in a specific set of comments (like the ones on the IRR open posts), you can subscribe to the RSS feed.

Finally, do not forget to DIGG the posts you are very interested in. This is a service which allows you to record which posts are of importance to you. If you are not sure what I am talking about go to www.digg.com and it will explain how to use this feature.

I hope you enjoy these new features.

Why Was The Command T.O.C Offline

Many wrote and correctly identified that I had taken the Command T.O.C off-line for a while. I did it because I figured the job was done. Bush is a disgraced President and the Iraq War policy is a disgraced policy. I had thought that except for the crazy right wing lunatics, everyone knew the war has been a failure and the Bush Presidency is a failed Presidency.

I was wrong.

I had a conversation today with a person who reaffirmed that you cannot leave this Presidency alone for a minute. This person showed me that even "normal" Americans have come under the right wing lunacy spell of the Bush war administration. It is interesting because when Germans are asked how they became Nazis, a lot just basically say "We did not know".

When history writes the results of this age, I think many right wing lunatics, when asked how they could possible support such death and destruction across the world, removal of Civil Liberties at home, and the economic destruction of the United States, the lunatics will say, "We just didn't know". Well, YOU SHOULD KNOW!

So, I have decided to continue to write. I cannot sit by and watch this disaster continue. We need to put pressure on both the right wing and the left wing (who have started to tacitly support this war) and we cannot let up. Apathy is truly surrender and until these right wing nuts are out of power, I will never rest.

Results of New DOD Blogging Policy Still Being Debated

As many of you have read, the DOD has come up with new policies on blogging. Some have interpreted this to mean Milblogging is basically dead and some have said that it is merely restricting use of DOD bandwidth. This article in Internet News shows the debate this new policy has caused.

It certainly means MILBLOGGING will now be called out for what it is: Censored propaganda from "the front". Soldiers have ALWAYS been prohibited from reporting anything which gives out OPSEC (Operational Security) items and they cannot show the American Military in bad light. In other words, a soldier cannot blog, "My Commander is an Idiot..." I have said this from the very beginning when nimrods such as "Dadmanly" and "Mudville Gazette" tried to portray themselves as "free speech" journalists. Now, the DOD is just publicly stating the policy which agrees with what I have said for so long.

Bush Supports Milblogs but.. ah.. The Army Does Not

The saying at most of the whacko "Milblog" sites is "Free Speech from those who Keep it Free". Soon after the movement started, the Military got involved and said that every milblog had to be registered and that Commanders were responsible for periodically reviewing the content. To this, the new motto was "Free censored speech from those who keep it free".

However, the Army has now fully strangled the Milbloggers - which was so predictable - and even the milblog guru and grand pobah Mathew Burden admits it is a movement which is basically dead.

Well, I guess everyone forgot to tell President Bush as here is his speech thanking Milbloggers for their "great work". He has no clue what is going on in Iraq so it does not surprise me that he does not know that at the same time he is thanking them, his Army is shutting them down.

Bush is officially in la la land.

Call for Assistance - "Pledge Drive"

At the risk of sounding like NPR....

Folks, I hope you find this Blog very useful. I enjoy providing this service and will always continue to do this as long as it is needed. However, this does cost me money to run.

I am asking for any assistance possible and within your means. If you have the ability, please click on the Paypal "donate" button at the top right and donate whatever you can to helping me keep this site running. Nothing is too small (or too large!!) to help out. It costs me almost $600 per year not counting my time and other's time to keep this running.

Please help if you can. Thanks.

Thank You For All Contributors

I just wanted to say thank you to all who have already contributed to keeping The Command T.O.C. running through the Pay Pal item on the right.

If you agree with what I am doing, please contribute whatever you can. There are expenses to keeping this running. As I have said before, I will do this on my own if I need to but it would be nice for all of us to "put our money where our mouth is".

Thanks to everyone!

A New Recommended Military Blog...

A recommended read, The Pen and Sword.... Being that the author is a retired Navy Commander, he has good insight into what the appointment of Fallon means for us.. and Iran!!

Right Wing Blogs Go Completely Insane

A great post at the BriVTs Diary at DailyKOS about how nutty the right wing blogsphere has become over this Jamil Hussein story. I have found that the right wingers are doing the blogging equivalent of jumping off the bridge. They have hit a new level of nuttery and this posting shows it very well.