Thursday, October 12, 2006

Question for my readers

Why isn't there an Al-Queda holding area similar to Gitmo?

inspired by this article.

4 comments:

  1. Is it because they torture and behead all their prisoners, when they bother to take them at all?

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  2. Hmmm...I think you might be right! 10 Points to Consul!

    (and by the way, my oral exam is coming up in two months, so I would appreciate any advice you might be able to give me.. :)

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  3. The free advice which follows is worth easily twice what you pay for it:

    1. Join the FSOA Yahoo!Group and read-up and Get Smart about the Oral Assessment.

    2. Read all the current info at the State website (www.State.Gov) having to do with the FSOA.

    3. Get a good night's sleep the night before.

    4. Work and play well with others.

    5. Dress businesslike and conservative. Black suits (for men) seemed to be the thing when I took it last (although mine was charcoal grey, I still passed).

    6. Read over my earlier post on the FSOA (http://consul-at-arms.blogspot.com/2005/12/weekly-special-oral-assessment-dec-05.html).

    7. Shine your shoes. Shoes that lace, not loafers.

    8. Buy a nice, new white dress shirt for the occasion and have it starched and pressed. There's something about a brand new white shirt that just about glows.

    9. Eat something for breakfast that morning. Maybe nothing so heavy you're lapsing into a food-coma during the day, but enough that you're not passing-out from hunger either.

    10. Don't be afraid to ask questions. You can email me at the Yahoo addy in the right-side column of my web log.

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  4. Thanks, Consul - I have been reading up on the forums, and that's probably how I passed the written, and I did read the other stuff you gave. Thanks for the advice...

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