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World Toilet Day

World Toilet Day

OK … admittedly it’s not a subject that most would blog about and for many it’s a little uncomfortable to talk about much less celebrate but today is indeed World Toilet Day. So what’s to celebraite? Well, let me tell you that on a day like yesterd...

A New Cold War

A New Cold War

An interesting article in the BBC today. From an interview with the former Premier of Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev carried an grave observation from the former leader. He warns that a new cold war may be in the makings if not having already started....

More Dehumanization

More Dehumanization

In an era of layoffs and people struggling to obtain and hold a job the Lowe’s Hardware chain has fired another important shot across the bow for all those employment hopefuls. What are they doing? Well, according to one highly regarded news source...

Lower Deficits

Lower Deficits

An interesting article in CNN-Money, verified by the OMB shows that despite all the back stabbing, complaining, etc, etc, this administration … that includes the congress & senate … have been pretty successful at lowing the deficits from a high in 20...

Ellis Island Revisited

Ellis Island Revisited

Operating from 1892 until 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway for millions of hopeful immigrants coming into the US. While currently under renovation as a part of our National Parks the recent scare from the Ebola finally creeping into the US makes m...

Security Reality

Security & Reality

As Secret Service Director Julia Pierson gets ready for her grilling, we have yet another reminder of how dysfunctional our government has become. I’m not talking about the administration; I’m talking about the professional agencies within the gover...

13 Years Later

13 Years Later …

Do you feel safer now than then? Why? What have you gotten and what have you given up? Considering what’s going on in the world today, was it worth it? Could it have been avoided? It’s a very interesting question and one that has many, many di...

The Promise

The Promise

Well here we go again. A municipality, under fire for their practices, has promised reform. There are already promises of “blue ribbon commissions”, citizen review boards, and plenty of investigations and even more promises of reforms, reforms, ref...

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

I’m not much of a football fan so I have no idea who Ray Rice is or why his dismissal from the Baltimore Ravens is significant, if it is at all. I am concerned with the recent developments surrounding that dismissal and while somebody out there in N...

The Thin Grey Line

The Thin Grey Line

I would not even try to immortalize the talent of Robin Williams, there are far too many better than I that have done so and I won’t bother talking about his comedic genius, you need only see him once in performance and realize that. What I thinking...

Cursive Writing

Cursive Writing

Well I must admit that I was shocked to hear that the basic skill of cursive writing is no longer a requirement in any school and very few still make it part of their curriculum. Personally, I’m guessing they gave up on the doctors first, long ago,...

A Matter of Attraction

A Matter of Attraction

What attracts you? Not just for friends, fun, even a fling; what do find the most and least attractive things about another person? Now the hard one … what do you do when you are not attracted to a person that is showing obvious interests in you of...

A Toothless Bear

A Toothless Bear?

The Russian bear is once again snarling but indications are that this bear may be more bark than bite. While Russia showed good strategy in it’s first move against Crimeria the same cannot be said for the Ukraine or it’s response to the Americans or...

Perspective

Perspective

I am not what most would consider a religious may, in fact most are shocked to find out that I have any religious thoughts at all. They do not realize that in my family such things are considered very private and rarely spoken of outside of the clos...

Middle East Miseries

Middle East Miseries

Ever since I was a boy I remember hearing the constant bickering between Israel & their neighbors. In the early years I distinct remember the issue was all too often “Israel’s right to exist” and I must admit a good deal of sympathy and support for...

A Matter of Execution

A Matter of Execution

I have no qualms over the application of the death penalty. I personally am not sure I could be the one to throw the switch and despite claims that it is not a deterrent, the fact remains that once a killer is gone, we won’t kill again so despite th...

Forty Five Years

Forty Five Years

It was forty five years ago I sat on a dirt floor along with 150 other boys and our camp councilors. Late at night by camp standards but not so late that so many young men could stair wide eyed at a small black & white television, waiting to glimpse...

Six Californias Campaign

Six California’s Campaign

Some months ago Timothy Draper, the founder of a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, proposed that the state of California be divided into six separate states, to be named Jefferson, North California, Central California, Silicon Valley West Californ...

Opening The Door

Opening The Door

Well, we certainly must congratulate our Supreme Court, it appears their latest ruling will open the door for all sorts of abuse by companies towards their employee’s, and of course it will all be legal. With the allowance of Hobby Lobby to refuse t...

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