I received this from a former CO of mine, who knew Cernan and the others “back in the day” when they were just regular test pilots and “working” for a living. It points out the stark (to me) difference in … Continue reading
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Tom Watson, at age 59 almost won the British Open, if just one more putt had fallen, we would be talking history being made. But it didn’t happen; what did happen was he gave all of us hope and reminded … Continue reading
Don’t know if y’all saw the article last week about Barbara Boxer admonishing a Brigadier General because he addressed her as Ma’am and not Senator before a Senate hearing. Anyway this is a letter from a Guard Aviator and Captain … Continue reading
Congressman John Fleming– Louisiana 4th District. Below is from his web site, he has sponsored a bill HR-615; see below for the content! Over the past few weeks, members of Congress and the American people have come to know the … Continue reading
Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 : The average life expectancy was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. There were only 8,000 cars and … Continue reading
As I mentioned in a post called Perspectives, we lost a number of people in Afghanistan and Iraq in June. One of those was Sergeant First Class John C Beale. The body of Sergeant First Class John C. Beale was … Continue reading
Did a mini-meet at the range today with Newbius, and it was bring an old gun to the range day… We actually kinda sorta work together… I bitch about stuff and he actually gets it FIXED! What a novel concept … Continue reading
The FIRST tech support guy… Don’t know about y’all but I needed a little humor this week to balance the BS… And speaking of humor… Roofpreading er… proofreading is a dying art, wouldn’t you say? Man Kills Self Before Shooting … Continue reading
With no disrespect intended to the Jackson family, this reveals the shallowness of our value system in this country. This puts things into perspective: While the focus today, tomorrow and for the next God-knows-how-many-days will be the death of a … Continue reading
An interesting video that was forwarded to me by a friend in law enforcement in Texas… And secondly, basically a great “Flying ” story. I wish I could take credit, but this came from a gent who runs a 2000 … Continue reading