just a marine

Voting with our pocket book No matter what anyone in our leadership class says about things today in the USA, all of us know about our pocke...

The friction continues in the new world USA Been there, done that, is an old time expression. This expression continues to work today. The p...

Just a report from an old person For the record, I am a male, age 63, and presently live on the Cumberland Plateau in east Tennessee. I move...

Knowing the difference between politics and the politician While I may agree with a lot of the "progressive" politics in America, ...

Great change is underway in the world The end of the beginning is past. The beginning of the end, our new future, is well underway. Those hu...

In war, one can take casualties And probably will, since that is the nature of the game. Now I suspect most of them serving our Country in t...

Why not hunker down in the USA these days Let integrity and honesty reign! Yes, when people quit loaning us in the new world USA more money,...

The sum is greater than the whole of the parts I suspect most have heard this expression in one form or another. And at age sixty-three, I s...

Hang the guilty bastard Now let's have a trial, and then hang the guilty son of a gun. Sounds American, to me. But in the same vein, I h...

Congratulations parents...you do make a difference in your child I've made my peace. All of us are partly the way our genetics made us, ...

A cathartic episode for America In this episode there is much friction throughout the land. What will the screen writers write about the nex...

Some things are timeless... Times and technology has changed, but we people may not have changed as much...like the friction between brother...

The coming Global Superstorm This title borrows a title from a decade old book, but things are much worse than just a mother nature natural...

Our unique American culture I still think we are a melting pot. That, and time, has made us unique. I have been around the world, like in ...

The power of ideas Powerful ideas are different from political, economic, or religious beliefs, which are influential in their own right. On...

The happiness factor This post is about how to think, mostly what is important to you, and your Family, to include your influence on your F...

The power of spices I like 'em in cooking, but that is just my preference. Mostly I like the combinations that don't have much sodi...

A difficult subject to talk about The subject is Negros in America. I am also prejudiced by my Marine Corps experience. There are many Ne...

We still want change I think our present Federal President hasn't delivered. Here's a sub from Victor Davis Hanson: At some poi...

Idealism versus practicality This post is mostly about how much I like public electricity, and all the wonderful widgets it powers and bene...