Mark Bowlin

Author of The Texas Gun Club; Victory Road; For God and Country; Ghosts of the Mountains; The Keys of Redemption. Retired Naval Intelligence.

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@jtLOL Galaxy Quest

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@sarahhepola I’m like the dad in Christmas Story. I time myself.

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@CaseyMattox_ @BRFCJohn True.

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@CaseyMattox_ @BRFCJohn I think the best in greater DFW is Argyle’s 407 BBQ, but I take out-of-towners to Hard Eight for the experience.

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@Soaringeagle45 @JonahDispatch I don't trust a dog in a bow tie.

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@McCainJack He's an insufferable prick.

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@EchoesofWarYT The Battle of Champion Hill was one of the more consequential fights of the entire war, and few have ever heard of it.

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@jimgeraghty I bet the Democrats wish the Bidens would go away.

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@japan_nobunaga Probably chasumen at Narita. Or butterscotch pudding at Phoenix international.

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@CBrewer @awstar11 @ChuckDeVore Knowing that the clock is ticking doesn’t make my life any easier.

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@McCainJack Why Gitmo? I mean if you’re going to start executing politicians, the public square is the traditional time honored venue.

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@RealJamesWoods I prefer Gravid Personages.

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My ship, USS BLUE RIDGE, was inport Shanghai a month before Tiananmen Square.
The Chinese pro-democracy demonstrators were everywhere during the visit and would smile and wave at the US sailors, who were in uniform. Other westerners were rare at the time. One lady came up to me and said in decent English, “I haven’t seen an American sailor for 40 years. Welcome!”
All the happiness and optimism died a little over a month later. It was unbelievably sad but not terribly surprising.
There are limits to American power. I get it. China then was an example. I would hate to see nascent hope for democracy in Cuba and Iran die in the same manner. The people of both of those countries deserve much better than what they have and what the Chinese people got.

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@MattWalshBlog Doniphan's March could be a great series.

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@lawofsea @emzanotti I did too. I’d snag a pack of crackers, and my son and I would go sit on the tailgate of my truck, swinging our legs back-and-forth and eating crackers until he calmed down. He was generally good to go after that.

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@RealJamesWoods They’ve all stolen from us, James. It’s just a question of degrees.

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@ChuckDeVore It’s inevitable.

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@bayraktar_1love @DAlperovitch That's a wonderful thing.