Oh, great.
Today I will post my endorsement for president, and it turns out that Bill Whittle has posted another essay.
Forty Second Boyd And The Big Picture did the impossible: it blew my mind repeatedly. Just as soon as I finished scraping pieces of my skull off the walls and superglued it back together, he'd do it all over again.
My only consolation is that Bill Whittle is SLOW. If he published more frequently, I wouldn't bother ever writing anything besides "why aren't you reading Bill Whittle?" and linking to him.
So go on over and give it a read. Make sure you set aside a good chunk of time to properly digest what The Master has to say.
And, if you can pull yourself away, come back here around 11:00 a.m. EST and see who I'm going to vote for next Tuesday.
Please?
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If I wasn't a married woman... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Oyster | January 3, 2008 9:30 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
If I wasn't a married woman, I'd be batting my eyelashes furiously at Bill :) He has a beautiful mind.
1. Posted by Oyster | January 3, 2008 9:30 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 3, 2008 09:30
2. Posted by epador | January 3, 2008 11:13 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Couldn't decide whether to wear my desert or my flight boots after reading that one.
Great essay. Hope Fred and John read it and make it something to tear up Mitt and Jules with.
2. Posted by epador | January 3, 2008 11:13 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 3, 2008 11:13
3. Posted by Al in St. Lou | January 3, 2008 3:58 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I thought you were joking about not writing if Bill wrote more often. Then I clicked the link and read his stuff. How do we get more people to read his stuff?
3. Posted by Al in St. Lou | January 3, 2008 3:58 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 3, 2008 15:58
4. Posted by DJ Drummond | January 3, 2008 4:59 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Just curious. Why do you say 'hour"? You read slow or something?
4. Posted by DJ Drummond | January 3, 2008 4:59 PM |
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Posted on January 3, 2008 16:59
5. Posted by DJ Drummond | January 3, 2008 5:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
By the way, cool ref to the Veep, huh?
5. Posted by DJ Drummond | January 3, 2008 5:11 PM |
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Posted on January 3, 2008 17:11
6. Posted by Jay Tea | January 3, 2008 5:18 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
DJ, you shallow git. One does NOT rush through a Whittle essay. One pores over it, pausing to reflect after each and every brilliant paragraph.
Plus, you gotta factor in the time you spend on hold to the suicide hotline when you finally admit that you will never write anything as well as he does...
J.
6. Posted by Jay Tea | January 3, 2008 5:18 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 3, 2008 17:18
7. Posted by DJ Drummond | January 3, 2008 5:36 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
"DJ, you shallow git."
Hey, why are you quoting lines from my wife at our wedding?
7. Posted by DJ Drummond | January 3, 2008 5:36 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 3, 2008 17:36
8. Posted by vnjagvet
| January 3, 2008 5:40 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
John Boyd, about whom Bill writes, is a fascinating character who rightfully has a devoted following by a small group of desciples both in and outside military circles because of his single-minded willingness to cut through the fog of war and articulate its essence.
It is heartening to see guys like Petraeus apply Boyd's brilliant insights to the present conflict with gratifying results.
Bill has, in his wonderfully patient yet highly evocative style, captured how Boyd has posthumously won the battle for the hearts and minds of the Pentagon and the White House.
This is a "must read".
8. Posted by vnjagvet
| January 3, 2008 5:40 PM |
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Posted on January 3, 2008 17:40
9. Posted by wolfwalker | January 3, 2008 7:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A small correction: one does not rush through a Whittle essay unless the subject is something one figured out for oneself long ago after grokking the history of the Pacific War and seeing how the competing commanders therein fell almost by accident into the exact winning strategy that Bill describes. For me, the only surprising thing about this article was the discovery that it's not S.O.P. for the modern American military.
9. Posted by wolfwalker | January 3, 2008 7:43 PM |
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Posted on January 3, 2008 19:43
10. Posted by Frazetta_girl
| January 3, 2008 8:48 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Bill is the Mark Twain of our time. He is, quite simply, the best writer of our generation.
In a fair world, he would be lionized by the press. Instead, the media slobbers over the obits of the odious Arthur Miller and the even more useless Norman Mailer. The world is not fair.
But when I read Bill Whittle, I think that someday it will be. What a man!
10. Posted by Frazetta_girl
| January 3, 2008 8:48 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 3, 2008 20:48