Well I suppose it makes sense that an academy preparing leaders to do... whatever the hell leaders do... would require its students to follow the news somewhat studiously.
Unpredicted Benefit #1: I actually have a fair idea of what is going on in the world...
Unpredicted Benefit #2: I have a very large quantity of new things to rant about.
Just some little things today...
A CNN partner article about a new inflatable bridge system taught me a lot. Essentially they "invented" the pontoon bridge...
"...[the bridge] can be used during wars and in combat..."
I think I read elsewhere it can also be used in battle.
After they bragged about its combat/war readiness, they said the bridge could be put up in merely three hours!
Now that is combat speed.
Right.
At optional dinners here, they play the news or random television, and i caught the tail end of a news report about a awful murder in New York City.
I don't really recall many of the details of the crime, but something that stuck with me was the way they ended the report.
As they show a cat in a carrier, the reporters talk about how its such a pity that the cat doesn't have a home any more, and the "worst part" is that the cat may have witnessed what happened to its owners.
After pausing to make sure I hadn't begun ranting aloud, I couldn't help but wonder how after giving a report about two people who had been murdered, the cat's feelings are the closer to the article.
Wow...
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