To: ManyMoose who wrote (53961 ) 12/7/2006 12:21:41 PM From: Glenn Petersen Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947 I admit to being easily amused, which explains why I periodically feel compelled to check in on American Spirit. It is always a challenge, a quite frustrating challenge I might add, to try to filter out the fact from the fiction in his postings. A few days ago, he was expressing enthusiasm for the writings of Dick Marcinko, a/k/a the (self-described) “Rouge Warrior.”I like to read Dick Marcincko (sic) books, but in those books only the really bad guys get the extreme prejudice treatment. In reality it's never so black and white. Sometimes our far rightwing warriors do very bad things. But the blame for that falls upon those who are in command. Even dirty Dick Marcincko types basically follow orders. Message 23071061 (For the moment I will disregard the fact that American Spirit has periodically suggested that Dick Cheney and George Bush need to be taken out with “extreme prejudice.”) Because I have never read anything by Marcinko, I checked out his Wikipedia bio. He is a very intense guy, not the sort of writer that one would expect to appeal to Mr. Spirit.en.wikipedia.org Okay, so we know that American Spirit has always been obsessed with conspiracy theories, including my personal favorite, the one that postulates that Sirhan Sirhan murdered Robert Kennedy as part of a CIA or FBI plot. Could Marcinko’s books have inspired these conspiracy theories. And who is this “Ranger Rick” that Mr. Spirit met earlier this year? Are "Rick" and "Dick" the same guy with a few embellishments? Are we talking "Final Fantasy: The American Spirit" edition?Quit smearing Army Ranger Colonel Rick, you lousy chickenhawk slimeball. He's my firend, (sic) he's a real hero and he deserves a voice on SI and across the country. He was one of the commanders in Fallujah, did 16 months in Iraq and is simply reporting the Bushie failures, corruption and dishonesty he witnessed personally which made his job a lot more difficult. Message 22629677 1