{"id":38794270,"date":"2008-04-20T06:12:27","date_gmt":"2008-04-20T06:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.casey.com\/2008\/04\/teaching-the-am.html"},"modified":"2013-04-09T00:17:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T00:17:49","slug":"200804teaching-the-am-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casey.life\/blog\/2008\/04\/20\/200804teaching-the-am-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching the American Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two different stories from the front page of today&#8217;s Washington Post caught my eye for their common theme, Americans teaching others how to do things our way, as commandos, or a cheerleaders.  Personally, I can imagine a combo which takes these American exports to a new level.  That&#8217;s right, I&#8217;m talking about commando cheerleaders!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/04\/18\/AR2008041803423.html?hpid=topnews\">Afghan Commandos Emerge<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"posterous_medium_quote\"><p>But the commandos still have much to learn &#8212; sometimes frustrating their U.S. advisers. &#8220;We yell at them for . . . drinking too much [water], constantly eating, using their under-gun lights to walk to the bathroom,&#8221; one U.S. adviser said, adding that the Afghans lacked effective methods for distributing and conserving resources. &#8220;They&#8217;ll have 20 bottles of water, five guys and four days to go &#8212; they&#8217;ll just drink it and look at you and say, &#8216;I need more water,&#8217; &#8221; the sergeant major said. The logistics problems, he said, are &#8220;across the board.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/04\/18\/AR2008041803577.html\">Redskins Cheerleaders Shake Up Cricket In Modest India<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"posterous_medium_quote\"><p>The Redskins cheer choreographer, Donald Wells, said the Indian cheerleaders he&#8217;s working with are already adept at shaking their hips and staying on the beat. He noticed that Indian cheerleaders were very expressive with their hands &#8212; Indian classical dance has countless hand motions &#8212; and joked that they probably wouldn&#8217;t need pompoms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No need for pompoms, but maybe a few more water bottles.<\/p>\n<p>both from the front page, <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, 4\/19\/08<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two different stories from the front page of today&#8217;s Washington Post caught my eye for their common theme, Americans teaching others how to do things our way, as commandos, or a cheerleaders. 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