following other's links to gold

i love this whole idea of blogging/blogger linkages/ blogger sharing. i've been zipping around wooden al's superhighway via the blogger onramp, and i'm finding stuff like i couldn't believe. i can see why a lot of bloggers have something like 50 or more links to places they visit. i'm going to try to keep that number down, since the places i link to have a ton of links already. so i'll provide starting points, and let you, gentle reader, wander on your own. however, having said that, The Command Post global war on terror section has some amazing info, as well as links. i have to thank my frenchified expat Ali for throwing me head first into this river of information. it's simply amazing who and what is out there. just need to find it.