Some People Can't Read and Obviously Don't Know History!

The Eagle Nest 2/506 Blog is dedicated to the 2d Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. This battalion and its E Company were made famous by Stephen E. Ambrose’s book Band of Brothers and immortalized by Steven A. Spielberg's HBO series about World War II by the same name. I served in the 2/506 in Vietnam as a combat infantry rifle platoon leader in 1970. Today, men and women from the 2/506 are fighting in Afghanistan. To honor them by naming this blog after one of their crowning achievements simply pays our respects to all who have served our great nation. This blog originally ran from 2008 to 2009 and many former readers have requested that I bring it back.

There was one person yesterday who wanted to question the name of the blog and somehow say that it is ‘weird’ to name a blog after Hitler’s mountain retreat. Obviously he can’t read because it clearly points out on the cover page of the blog that it is dedicated to the men of the 2/506 PIR, 101^stAirborne. But again this ridiculous comment came from a childish political foe, failed politician and fired congressional staff member.

With the impending implosion of the Republican Party of Minnesota in this November’s election because of their party’s cover-up of financial mismanagement and sex scandals, this blog will speak fact and reason to those who because of their lemming behavior caused the destruction of the RPM. The backlash by the voters of Minnesota will be clear: “if you are going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk.” Clearly the RPM has failed miserably to live up to the principles they claim: personal & fiscal responsibility, family values, and open & transparent government. As a Republican activist who has raised large amounts for the party and twice served as Republican National Convention Delegate (2004 & 2008) I will continue my quest to reform this once great party.