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Thursday, February 12, 2004 |
 Rogers Cadenhead pointed me to this Business 2.0 blog post that puts the nail in the coffin of "Atkins was Obese" story. Media manipulation at its worst (over 500 articles in various states of decay). Blogs = 1 Big Media = 0. I hope all avenues of legal recourse are explored.
BTW: This article by the Reuters Health Correspondent seemed bizzare to me. It states that the optimal weight for a 6' tall man is 170 lbs. I have been 6' and 172 lbs and I can tell you it wasn't pretty. I was a skeleton with 4% body fat. A strong wind could have blown me over. Is this really an international standard?? If it is, I can't believe it. 190-195 lbs with 6-9% body fat would be perfect for me.
4:47:34 PM 
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A couple of days ago, I pointed out that pilots are required to remain on flight duty during their entire commitment period. There isn't any option. So, why did Bush drop his flight status? Why didn't he show up for his physical? Why isn't there any record of disciplinary action for this conduct? I have never seen or heard of anything like this in my nearly 12 years in the military. If I had avoided a flight physical to get out of flying, the military would have court marshaled me. The military system is inflexible. It has to be. You can't expect a soldier to charge up a well defended hill if he has the option to drop his weapon and go home whenever he wants.
The Boston Globe has picked up on this today.
Two retired National Guard generals, in interviews yesterday, said they were surprised that Bush -- or any military pilot -- would forgo a required annual flight physical and take no apparent steps to rectify the problem and return to flying. "There is no excuse for that. Aviators just don't miss their flight physicals," said Major General Paul A. Weaver Jr., who retired in 2002 as the Pentagon's director of the Air National Guard, in an interview.
Brigadier General David L. McGinnis, a former top aide to the assistant secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, said in an interview that Bush's failure to remain on flying status amounts to a violation of the signed pledge by Bush that he would fly for at least five years after he completed flight school in November 1969.
"Failure to take your flight physical is like a failure to show up for duty. It is an obligation you can't blow off," McGinnis said.
10:23:41 AM
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The AP reports Gen. John Abizaid, the US commander of forces in the ME, escaped unharmed from an attack on his convoy in Iraq earlier today. Whew! If one of those RPGs fired at the group had killed him, the morale hit on US forces would have been huge. Further, the experience and insight that Abizaid brings to the command, is almost impossible to replicate. He is that good.
9:54:08 AM
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Dominic Basulto points out that $.99 is emerging as the universal price for digital content (from music to movies). Is this finally it? Are we at a price that is inexpensive enough to effectively compete with low quality free pirated content? What about books?
... in mid-January, AOL announced plans to offer a five-week trial to 2.6 million broadband customers of 99-cent digital movie downloads. AOL will offer these downloads through its partner, MovieLink, which was formed by five major movie studios in response to widespread piracy and file-swapping. The offer includes blockbuster films like "Finding Nemo" and "The Matrix" so that consumers will have access to premium content at what appears to be a bargain price, considering that a DVD would cost 15 bucks or more. The idea of "movies on demand," of course, is not a new one -- but the decision to offer downloads of blockbuster films for 99 cents is.
9:17:50 AM
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© Copyright 2004 John Robb.
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