Classics - they sure don't Blog 'em like that any more!

One week from the launch of MilBlogs and the reviews are flooding in from chat rooms, message boards, and comment sections all over the internet.

umm...i thought active duty don't really have free speech, which is why they can't criticize the president, for example.

If your're in the military and blogging you really have to consider the risk. You should only debate the topic with commonly known facts (news releases, etc). There is no reason to state who you are, what you do and where you have been. Just assume that nobody has a need to know because the whole world is reading.

We'll be careful guys. Honest. Some of us even have security clearances...

Actually we're part of a long tradition. As you should know, the first computers were developed for military use, and the first users immediately started Milblogs.

Dad first started the Gazette back in '46, as an answer to "Hitlerpundit" and "StalinBlog", the Left's early entries into the blogosphere.

How well I recall him (after many later upgrades) having all night writing sessions at the building of the Berlin wall and the launch of Sputnik. And I'm convinced that his relentless attack on the Beatles is probably the only thing that stopped them from becoming the most popular rock band in the history of the world.

But ooh how only too soon after the glory days of the moon landing was he covering the tragic downfall of Nixon. (Oh how those loonies at the McGovern-ment Blog gloated!)

Back then of course, there were no graphics online, so Bloggers had to send large colorful posters to one another to remind them to visit from time to time. I recently ran across dad's old set while cleaning out a closet.

Hope you enjoy them. They sure brought back memories to me.

Bet you didn't know all this, did you?

Like Glenn Reynolds said, "You can learn all sorts of things from reading those blogs."