Let’s see—– supposedly wealthy basketball coach bails out a financially struggling private military, converts it into an athletic powerhouse complete with a new athletic facility, and people somehow get the…
Here’s a dog that didn’t bark deal: Why don’t we know more about the shooter in the Waka Flocka Flame attempted robbery? It has been reported that he (or she)…
Yippee! This development should end well.
Xe, the company formerly known as Blackwater, hopes to win a contract to train Afghanistan?s national police force. The latest Fortune magazine offers an update (not yet linked online) of…
How did I guess living-wage pusher Just Economics would be behind this? They are joined by fellow ACORN affiliates NC Justice Center and Legal Aid of NC. The other groups…
My daughter gave me a Blackwater t-shirt for Christmas. Now I see they’re changing their name to Xe (pronounced Zee). Maybe they think if they sound like a Chinese communist…
A blurb from the latest U.S. News & World Report: Sen. Barack Obama has not been a fan of private police like Blackwater in war zones, and some news outlets…
Guess who provided security for Barack Obama in Iraq: Blackwater. Obama was even overheard to say that he thinks “Blackwater is getting a bad rap.” The N&O, which used a…
I realize the media are having orgies about Blackwater and the allegations it indiscriminately shot civilians, but from the beginning I’ve felt this story just has the feel of another…
The eastern N.C. military contractor gets a lengthy profile piece in the latest Weekly Standard.
I recommend this article for your perusal primarily because of its reference to North Carolina-based Blackwater USA. The author suggests private firms would operate much more effectively than the United…
Jennie Buckner, editor of The Charlotte Observer, took pains to explain the paper’s decision to print a grisly photo of the Iraqi attack on U.S. civilians on the front page…