IVAW marched in the Austin Veteran's Day Parade today! We got saluted by some, cheered by some, two turned their backs on us and there were other reactions that we didn't know how to interpret.

There was only four of us because people started chickening out. I almost chickened out too. I didn't know if I should wear a riot faceshield to protect from flying...
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I was honorably discharged from the Army @ 0949 on November 6, 2008 after much wrestling and less than two months after telling my Battalion XO I'd go to jail before going back to Iraq.

It wasn't easy, but when desertion, doing drugs and deploying aren't options I had little recourse but to just stand my ground.

The characterization is Honorable, but it was for...
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My separation keeps taking strange turns. Today I had to be counseled by my battalion commander himself (as opposed to my immediate supervisor) and I've been told that they're going to schedule an appointment with a lawyer for me. My Sergeant Major said that my case has reached "new levels of ridiculousness" and hinted that certain decisions (like my counseling being done by my battalion...
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I have a tentative "out of the Army" date of Nov 11. Bung!

Division Commander asked my Battalion Commander what's the hold up with my case and he was forced into a tapdance situation which is not where a commander wants to be. He yelled at some folk and now I'm movin'.

This "early out" was offered to me by the 1st Cav Commander via...
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The Obama coffee cups are outselling the McCain ones 3-1 @ the 7-11s in Killeen, TX right outside Fort Hood where 1 in 10 soldiers in the entire Army are stationed.

Not that this is a scientific poll, mind you.

It should also be noted that Obama has been ahead of McCain in servicemember campaign contributions.

Today I learned a little bit about the female orgasm (a very little bit), got my absentee ballot and still had time to put away 20 wings from Wing Stop (10 Hickory BBQ and 10 Cajun) and take two naps.

What did YOU accomplish today?

It's a boy! I saw the "boy parts" the docs claim was a tiny penis!

I've cut a deal with the Army and I'll be "home by Thanksgiving."

Apparently our Division Commander had a discussion with my Battalion Commander and I was offered a quickie honorable discharge.

These things happen, though very rarely.

I almost cried like a little girl who's just discovered she's becoming a woman.

So yeah, my spirits are officially lifted.

I moved and I don't have internet in my new place and I may be moving again shortly so it makes no sense to get it hooked up at this point in time.

Hopefully I'll be back online soon. It kinda sucks having to surf from my mobile phone.

Take care, babies!

ronn

IVAW's Kristopher Goldsmith will be on The Daily Show tomorrow night, 16 July.

Tell yo' friends!

EDIT: Well, the show aired and Iraq vets are a joke. Go fig. I guess I shouldn't have expected too much.