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For those of you who are wondering why I deleted my previous flikr account the answer is rather simple I was under pressure from my puppeteers to be a more politically correct grunt. Apparently some bright egg at the Oklahoma military department decided that my usage of the “Derschwarzenmann” was insensitive to Americans of African decent. This decision was more than likely made by a timid white woman who happens to wear a uniform; as I explained the concept of the Der schwarze Mann to this person via email I got the indication from the reply that although it may be clear enough to persons who speak German it is not an image the united states army or the national guard or even the state of Oklahoma wishes to foster. It is amazing after all that they actually sent us to New Orleans when the Oklahoma Guard has a history of ill treatment of minorities, this is a reference to the Tulsa race riots when the Tulsa area national guard participated in the riot and gave out weapons to many of the whites to as it was put so tenderly in the Tulsa tribune “we are going on a coon hunt” So the sins of the fathers are still in effect in the state of Oklahoma. Another thing s that before we left for New Orleans many of our riot batons had to be left behind as some persons in battalion have taken to decorating the batons with double lightning bolts. So in Germany the Bogeyman is known as Der schwarze Mann (the black man) or the Butzemann. &;Schwarz" this does not refer to the color of skin but to his preference for hiding in dark places, like the closet, under the bed of children or in forests at night. In an effort to just get along with these idiots until December I opted to delete my old flikr account and make a change or two on my blog. I would have preferred to settle this in a civilized fashion … with drawn Sabers on the parade field.