<body><script type="text/javascript"> function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } </script> <div id="navbar-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gapi.load("gapi.iframes:gapi.iframes.style.bubble", function() { if (gapi.iframes && gapi.iframes.getContext) { gapi.iframes.getContext().openChild({ url: 'https://www.blogger.com/navbar.g?targetBlogID\x3d27964874\x26blogName\x3dFind+The+Boots\x26publishMode\x3dPUBLISH_MODE_BLOGSPOT\x26navbarType\x3dBLUE\x26layoutType\x3dCLASSIC\x26searchRoot\x3dhttps://find-the-boots.blogspot.com/search\x26blogLocale\x3den_US\x26v\x3d2\x26homepageUrl\x3dhttp://find-the-boots.blogspot.com/\x26vt\x3d9102631802386513241', where: document.getElementById("navbar-iframe-container"), id: "navbar-iframe" }); } }); </script>

Find The Boots

Rantings from a few corporate types about life, technology, travel, guns, politics, and everything good in the world.

Some Americans Are Born Here

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Others are born elsewhere and make their way here (legally):

Jacob Majok survived the Sudanese war that killed his parents.

Now he has made a decision that likely will put him back in a war zone: He enlisted in the U.S. Army.

He left Syracuse recently for Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., to begin basic training.

“I became an American citizen and I think it’s my duty to defend America,’’ said Majok, 25, one of the young Sudanese men referred to as the “Lost Boys’’ who began resettling in the United States in 2000.

“This world is changing and it has changed,’’ he said. “Our country has been at war over 23 years. If we decide to go to the army, it will be an opportunity to defend America and help the home country.’’

He signed up June 28 after graduating cum laude from Le Moyne College with a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry

.
Jacob, we're pleased to have you here. Good luck.

0 Comments:

Find The Boots

An executive goes on a business trip. When he arrives, it's raining cats and dogs. To avoid ruining his shoes, he purchases a pair of galoshes for $15, which he expenses under "Misc." on his expense report. A week later, the accounting department rejects his expense report, with a post-it note that says that the company does not reimburse for items of clothing. The next trip, the executive turns in an expense report without the galoshes, but with a post-it note that says "FIND THE BOOTS!".

Send Me Your Stories

We're always on the lookout for great stories of boot finding. Send us yours. We keep no records!

Subscribe in a reader

Latest Entries

Uh, John Doe Protection Please? Dr. Petit Should Have Had A Gun You Tell Them All About It John! Why We Win #347 A Geek's Guide to Rejection A Few Pointers for Chitika Funny... Right, Because Social Worker are All Republicans I Think Susan Estrich is an Idiot

Blogroll Me!

Roll Call

Archives

January 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 January 2009

RSS Feeds

Syndicate Feed Blog entries Comments

Hotels

Useful Travel Links

Airline/Ticket Codes Airport Codes Currency Calculator Electrical/Phone Plugs Seat Guru Wifi Search World Time Server

Tech Roll

Click to Join