Posted By Russ Emerson on September 16, 2004 at 5:41 am
Allah discusses the rank abbreviations used in the CBS forgeries.
Back in the late ’70s my Army ROTC commander abbreviated his rank “Lt Col,” not “LTC.” I’m sure if I went through my Mom’s attic I could find a document with his signature block on it, but I’m not flying cross-country to do so.
So I googled for Vietnam-era documents to find which abbreviations were commonly used at the time. I looked specifically for Army after-action reports.
It took me only a few minutes to find examples of both types of abbreviation in use in the historical documents. Interestingly (?), most of the signature blocks in the (admittedly few) documents I looked at had the officers’ ranks spelled out in full, followed by their branch of service. Example:
John Smith
Colonel, Infantry
Commanding
I don’t think any conclusion of any kind whatsoever can be drawn about the author of the forged documents merely from the use of “Lt Col” or “1st Lt” vice “LTC” or “1LT.” Both styles appear to have been in common use 30-40 years ago. I am, however, open to suggestions or counter-arguments.
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Posted By Russ Emerson on September 15, 2004 at 7:53 pm
Hello, Life? Yes, I’d like an order of the Serendipitous Synchronicity, with a side of Schadenfreude.
[Penalty, on the offense. Bad Alliteration. 5 yards and loss of down.]
Having finished with the nightly news, and reading the summaries thereof from the many sites listed on my blogroll, I turned to my Tivo Time Warner Cable Digital Video Recorder to watch the Simpsons (on twice nightly hereabouts.)
Admit it — you do it too. Or you would, if you had a Tivo TWCDVR.
As it started, I thought I’d made a mistake programming the recorder. I was watching the CBS Evening News:
The following tale … is true. And by true, I mean false. It’s all lies, but they’re entertaining lies, and in the end isn’t that the real truth?
Actually, it was The Simpsons episode “The Springfield Files,” introduced by Leonard Nimoy and guest starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny.
Hello, I’m Leonard Nimoy.
The following tale of alien encounters is true. And by true, I mean false. It’s all lies, but they’re entertaining lies, and in the end isn’t that the real truth? The answer… is no.
Sometimes the really tasty bits of Life just fall out of the sky and land on your plate, just in time for dinner.
Update: It’s nice to get a tasty bit here or there. An Instalanche would have been nice, too.
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