Dateline: Fairfield Inn Greensboro, NC

Arrived tonight in Greensboro for drill after another long trip. I left work later than planned (I always do) but had a meeting with someone interviewing for a faculty position. It was a nice meeting and the position is one of the more visible ones. Worth the delay.

Of course the delay meant hitting Atlanta traffic at the wrong time. I keep thinking that one day Atlanta will get this traffic thing figured out but they seem to do it. At least I don’t live there and have to deal with it everyday. Lots of people on the road tonight for some reason. Lots of people who shouldn’t be on the road tonight. I continue to be amazed at how many poor drivers there are and how they can block all lanes of traffic, and I’ll not even start on the inconsiderate truck drivers out there. There are some nice ones but nothing like just a few years ago.

During the drive I did have some time to think, listen to the news, and catch some talk radio. Bill O’Reilly was really down on the Brits for being anti-American based on editorials in British papers. I think he’s just plain wrong. If editorials were reflective of the people’s thinking and feelings, then the New York Times would have Al Gore in his second term as President.

While at the Current Strategy Forum at the Naval War College, a German militarry person was asked, in effect, why weren’t the Germans more supportive of America. After talking for a while, he finally made the point that there is a difference between the German government and the German people. Hmmm, just like in America. Perhaps just like in Great Britain? Yea, I think so.

Put some more thought into the Leadership Academy. More on it later.