Great review Jaci. I would agree with you and enlarge on two things. First, Red Skull is comic book evil, not evil evil. Compare his scene in the village with the Col Landa in the farmhouse in Inglorious Basterds. He was EVIL.
The second issue was the heckling Steve got in the FOB. Rather than being a criticism of the troops, it was a true response of combat troops to a REMF (look it up). It was also a critical factor in his development as a character who always wanted to do the right thing for his country and the Army. I enjoy it thoroughly - even with the romance interrupts.

Absolutely stop the pension if the crime is abusing the power of the position which they have been elected to.

Isn't that why we elected Carter? Isn't that the primary process for selecting Nobel Peace Prize winners?

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Travis McGee remains my favorite hero. Mitch and Harvath are up there, but McGee and Meyer swapping philosophy during the early 60's was a joy to read.

Re: blood. Not at all. All medical care meets or exceeds the standards required in civilian settings. The issue is that testing may not discover the antigens early on. This would not be an issue in a stateside situation because you have large blood supplies. But in a crunch, you put out the call and folks line up.

Speaking as a retired military physician, there are two reasons why I am opposed to this opinion - and neither have anything to do with what happens in the shower.
First, there is a real issue of good order and discipline. There have traditionally been standards of decorum which are expected of all uniformed members. PDA's (public displays of affection) are one thing which can get members in trouble as that shows a lack of restraint and awareness that they are representing their service (translation: it looks bad when you are in uniform and you are playing tonsil hockey on the street). Those rules won't change with the end of DADT. What will change is that we will have some gay members who believe that any restraint placed on them by the system is a civil rights violation. I expect they would be supported by the full force of the ACLU and others. This will make the whole concept of decorum impossible to manage.
Second, and this will evolve as the science does, the uniformed force has always been a "walking blood bank." If there is an urgent need for blood, you may go out and draw from whoever is around rather than waiting for the Red Cross to deliver. And since various bloodborne diseases that have higher prevalence in the gay community may not be identifiable in the early stages, it is possible that a service member could receive infected blood.
Neither are absolute bars to throwing out DADT, but we sure better be prepared to deal with them.

All the President's Men may not be a Leftists film (I think it is). But it is one of the prime reasons why our current news culture is so bad. Prior to "Woodstein," reporters were craftsmen who did their work in the shadows using the How, What, Where, When, and Who. They were (mostly) fair, and tried to let the story tell itself. After ATPM, reporters became rock stars. The flash, the byline, the headline all trumped truth and the whole story. This was the slippery slope that led to Rather and Geraldo. Journalism is much worse off because of this movie.

Who are you kidding? DWTS is not Olympic Ice Skating where a small handful of elitist judges predetermine who should win and then jigger their scores to make it happen. This is a popularity contest. Yes, the dancing is important, but in the end, it depends on who can motivate folks to vote. I agree that Brandy is a better dancer, but her partner was such a jerk, people probably voted for Bristol just to punish him.

What about The Wire? One of the very best series ever put out. And it showed blacks and whites as real, flawed individuals. Maybe the reason why Undercover failed is the same as why our politics is so messed up. Liberals can't talk about race without following the scripted narrative.