I’m the new guy.
Some of you may know me from the Monday Winds of War briefing, and others from my blog The Fourth Rail. If you are wondering who I am, you can read my About page here. The short of it is: I served in the US Army (enlisted), currently work as a software analyst and am happily married with three children (soon to be 1, 3 and 5 years old).
My motivations for blogging are to help explain the War on Terror in terms people can understand, provide updates on the progress and setbacks in the war, cut through media bias against the military and the mission, and explain the nature of the enemy we face.
At The Fourth Rail, I covered the presidential election, the Battle of Fallujah, the historic election in Iraq, Operation Matador and a host of other events in depth. Also I founded the Easongate.com website to address former CNN news executive Eason Jordan’s unsubstantiated charge of the US military intentionally targeting journalists.
Winds of Change.NET’s mission is to discuss Liberty, Discovery, Humanity and Victory. Each of the Winds’ writers discusses these topics masterfully. My focus will be Victory, as I firmly believe the pursuit of Liberty, Discovery and Humanity depends on defeating an enemy that has no concept of Liberty and Humanity, and no interest in Discovery.
I have often been accused of being narrow in my focus. My reply is there are too many people who are more than willing to put the events of 9-11 behind them in pursuit of their domestic agenda. We are in a war that will very likely take decades if not longer to win and this must not be forgotten.
Many thanks to Joe and the rest of the Winds team for inviting me to write at this most esteemed site, the gold standard of the blogosphere. It is an honor to be on the team, and I look forward to getting to know the team members and readers of Winds better in the coming days.
Welcome, Bill. I think I was the new guy until today. I have enjoyed your writing at The Fourth Rail -- I'm glad you have a home here.
Me, too. and... 4th Rail isn't going away. We have some interesting plans in store...
Bill,
Congratulations to you. Thank you for your friendship and encouragement to other bloggers, especially me, while over at the Fourth Rail. I wish you all the success Fourth Rail enjoyed and more.
Keep up the good work on revealing truth on the War on Terror.
Kind regards,
Bill Rice
Welcome Bill
I'm sure you'll fit right in and I look forward to your contributions. No doubt you can tell we are a diverse group of people here at WoC. So pull your shoes off and make yourself at home. I'm sure you wont be disappointed.
Congrats Bill. I should also congratulate Joe and the rest of the WoC team. Congrats to all. I'm looking forward more of the best from you all.
Welcome Bill.
this most esteemed site, the gold standard of the blogosphere.
Too true!
And i plan to prove it. ;)
Many thanks, everyone.
jinnderella, as usual we are in agreement.
BTW, Cicero, do they haze us?
#8] Don't answer your front door for a few days.
Write something off-kilter in your next post and you'll get hazed, trust me. I'm not very becoming in tar and feathers.
Cicero,
Noted. I bet you are fetching in tar & feathers. I jus thope there is no paddling.
"Thank you sir, may I have another."
This is mamma talking. Treat my Billy well. Now I have one more site to scan daily. I look forward to reading a wider pool of great bloggers.
Is this like joining a fraternity? or an infantry platoon?
Bill is a great writer, and a greater guy. What can I say? I think he was conceived while I was reading a bio of Rasputin or Catherine the Great.
Congrats, mate :-)
This is like when the Lakers added Shaquille O'Neal to their lineup, or the Yankees added Alex Rodriguez. Already a great cast, and still adding more, though I'm not sure if Roggio could post up Ben Wallace or hit the down and away slider.
Congrats and look foward to future material.
Congratulations.