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Steel Curtain…….
AGAIN! Just finished watching the Steelers beat the Ravens. ( Almost literally if you saw the hit Mcgahee took during the fourth quarter). Yes we can!
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Idle thoughts on MLK day………..
I’ve always been ambivalent about Martin Luther King Day. Since his birthday falls on my mother’s birthday, I would just as soon celebrate her birthday. Her dreams and visions for me had a lot more...
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He’s nothing like Truman……….
This last evening observes the final night of the administration of George W. Bush. As the clock has been ticking down towards a new beginning, his staunchest supporters have been publishing article...
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Welcome to the party pal!
I think the Chief Justice got the oath wrong in reading it to the new President. Oh well……. (I’m gonna review the video tonight….). I put my trust in you-you better deliver! If you don’t, I’ll be here...
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Wall Street voices its opinion of the new President…….
It would seem Wall Street did not have a high opinion of the President’s inaugration speech today: The first “first” of the Obama administration-the first time the Dow has been below 8000 since, 2004?...
View ArticleSome more inaugural observations…..
After work today I went to work out. When I came home I found the S.O. watching C-Span. That’s right C-Span. I almost fell over backwards. She was watching a re-run of the inaugural. As i put away my...
View ArticleSpeaking of racist labels…..
Chirol does a pretty good deconstruction of why racial identification is, in fact, racist. Lastly, on that point, I will never use the term African-American because it is misused. Only someone who is...
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One inaugural celebration you may have missed…
At the Obama onsen in Nagasaki: What? There wasn’t one Nigerian they could have hired in Fukuoka? I kind of doubt it. If Black Face offends you, send them an e-mail.
View ArticleThe most important advisor in the Obama White House.
It’s not someone you would think of at first thought. Nixon grimaced at the mention of Watergate. “No. The Lord doesn’t get involved in this type of stuff. Dead Presidents coming to give advice to...
View ArticleNo football this weekend…..
Which gives me a whole week to rub it in to Mark that the Seahawks will be watching this on TV. Which is as it should be! Go Steelers!
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No words required……
To remind me of what I am missing, while I spend each day in one of the dullest cities in the world! However, Spike channeled Friedman to remind again why I miss Asia. It actually started well, on Kau...
View ArticleFoot in mouth disease….
This is what happens when you savage the folks in Shopping Mall USA: You get the mayor to dump all over you. This is Huntsville’s main east/west road. Huntsville missed out on I-65 when the...
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Placing the blame where it belongs…
I never knew about this connection to the Illinois Senate Race. Makes you really hate Republicans doesn’t it? The next time you hear some disgruntled Republican grumbling about Obama-remind him of...
View ArticleEnd of the world as they know it?
The world of Microsoft that is. Damn! I’ll hate it when I have to buy that MAC…………….
View ArticleNew project
Watching the discussion over at USNI Blog, I have decided to start a blog about personnel issues within the services. There are plenty of blogs that talk about what is going wrong with the Navy from a...
View ArticleWhy the 12 hour rule was invented……
In aviation they have a rule known as “twelve hours bottle to throttle”. The later versions of 3710- “the bible of Naval Aviation” made the commandment twelve hours bottle to brief. Here is why:...
View ArticleMaking the circuit……
Of the Yamanote Line: What’s really sad, I’ve been to every station on the line at one point or another. I dated a girl from Nishi Nippori (date being a rather lose term) for a couple of months. Sigh
View ArticleSartorial Choices………
For the life of me, I do not understand those folks, like me who are retired from the military, who complain about having to choose their clothes each day. I love it-well most of it anyway. I...
View ArticleWhat was the number of that truck driving school ?
I may need it. What was the name-Truckmasters? The appeal of driving an 18 wheeler grows every time I read something like this: OBAMA CAMP COULD ROCK MILITARY’S FY-10 BUDGET WITH BIG CHANGES Military...
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