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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Today, I Changed my Avatar to a More Hawkish One!
Today, I changed my avatar. The customary use of an avatar is to represent a player in a game. I have been using a cartoon character with a hammer about to strike a monitor. I changed it to a cartoon eagle. I also changed the description of Gunner's Blog. Taking a new tack so to speak. I suppose that I feel a little hawkish.
In my opinion, CHINFO's (Chief of Naval Information) lingering position regarding distributing FHTNC (Fleet Home Town News Center) releases to USAFNS.com is no longer understandable, nor excusable. Every day that passes, our Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and their families are being deprived of the morale boost that comes with seeing ones "name in print."
After the Virginian-Pilot published an article about my situation on August 8, 2005; I got an anonymous email from someone that I have come to think of as Deep Throat II (pronounced "deep throat aye, aye" as in navy lingo.) I believe from the information that he (I don't know that it is in fact a he, but I will use "he") has provided is within the the Public Affairs career field, and knows all of the key players in CHINFO. He says that he isn't in CHINFO's office, but I wonder...
One of the most disturbing things that D.T. II revealed is that within CHINFO's empire, there is a list of websites to be shut down. I find that thought very chilling, and it sounds a lot like McCarthyism. A "lot like" hell, it is McCarthyism. I am of the opinion that my website is on that list. Logic supports that belief.
I always thought that DoD and our armed forces upheld our laws, and things like shutting down civilian enterprises is the job of our Federal, State, County and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.
More to come. . . . . . . ~G
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