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28 May, 2006 5:00 pm
... costly interconnected roles of policy, politics, and battle in the twenty-first century. Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company® on A&E Most effectively, "Combat
Diary" helps put a human face on those slain, who otherwise risk becoming mere statistics. ... blogging with Hugh Hewitt, asks, "What happened in Haditha?" I urge everyone (except young
children) to watch a movie on A&E today, Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company®, which follows U.S. Marines into combat in Iraq during this ...
1 Jan, 2007 3:07 am
... another two. I spent more time watching the show that day than I have classes in some weeks. Although I wouldn't put it up there with my proudest achievements, watching 6 hours of
that show was pretty awesome - and made me eager to consult A&E's schedule for another such marathon this year. But, horror of horrors, the Law & Order Marathon is
nowhere in sight. What is worse: it's been replaced by a CSI: Miami marathon. Longtime readers are likely aware of my patent disgust with the CSI ...
11 May, 2008 5:05 pm
Until yesterday I had never viewed any of A&E's Dallas SWAT reality show. Last night I caught about 15 minutes of one episode. This 1/4 hour of television showed much of what
is wrong with law enforcement. ... drug warrant. The house was known to have children inside. SWAT members formulated a plan to rip the door off the house and storm the residence.
A&E showed only a few minutes of home invasion raid preparation. SWAT members discuss how best to rip the door off, where Alpha/Brave/Charlie ...
15 May, 2007 7:35 am
The filmmakers were working on Random 1, a documentary series for the A&E network, which detailed their attempts to meet random strangers and help to make positive changes in
their lives. In Woonsocket, they met two of their most provocative subjects. Even though their series was eventually cancelled, the filmmakers carried on with their attempts to help and
eventually turned the story into a film. Missing from their families, two forgotten alcoholics are discovered hiding in the woods of ...
5 Aug, 2007 11:02 pm
Earlier posts here, here and here focused on the danger of local police forces use of highly-armed SWAT teams for routine, non-violent police work, a phenomenom that spawned
A&E Network's Dallas SWAT reality show. Well, according to this Dallas Morning News article (h/t Radley Balko), one of the "stars" of the Dallas SWAT show -- Senior Cpl.
Johnny Baker -- was recently fired from the police force. What for, you ask? DPD internal investigators concluded that Baker had sex in a Garland motel ...
14 Feb, 2008 12:38 pm
Debra Cassens Weiss notes that Justice Alito doesn't like those Italian stereotypes revived through The Sopranos, at least, so the Trenton Times reports. Ms. Weiss says in her piece in
the ABA Journal that the Associate Justice finds that a "trifecta" (Italian-Americans, New Jersey and gangsters) come together in shows like the popular HBO series. A cleaned up version
of the show (that is--something that comports with FCC rules) is currently running on A&E.
15 Jan 11:17 am
A&E launched a new cops series this year called The Beast about Charles Barker (Swayze), a FBI agent teaching his partner about undercover work with a "hard-edged,
psychologically driven approach." In a recent review on Slate, Troy Patterson notes that it might be hard to root against Swayze because of his past roles - a heartthrob in the movies
Ghost and Dirty Dancing. However, maybe Swayze is a better tough guy than first believed…
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