Only 6 weeks before the D-Day invasion we lost one of Liberty ships off the coast of N. Africa near Algiers. This was at a time when we were set to start the final act of WWII. The Germans were already reeling from their losses on the Eastern Front and Stalingrad and it had been [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘geography’
October 9, 2009
Resolve, Revolution and Hope
Some are delighted with the direction the country is taking at the moment. They relish the growth of government and believe the more laws, regulations and central control the better. They believe that government truly can and should be our nanny from the cradle to the grave. They apparently don’t trust the people to do the [...]
September 1, 2009
Road Trips and Weather
Those family vacations in the car always have the unplanned adventure here and there along the route. I suppose it is that element of encountering the unknown and unplanned that adds a little spice to those trips. Sometimes those trips really could use some spice. My mom, bless her heart, loved those road trips in [...]
August 19, 2009
The Never Ending War of Muslim Aggression
You can pick up your paper virtually any day you want and see an article about turmoil and strife in or on the perimeter of the Muslim lands. Sometimes it is between Muslim nations but more often it is an article about Muslim fights for jihad or pushing their area of influence into regions not [...]
August 14, 2009
Information and Communication Are The Modern Industry
The use of accurate and timely information is vital to the functioning of a modern economy and plays a role in education and naturally is critical in any warfare whether conventional or a war on terror. Trying to best convey information quickly and accurately has been the holy grail for many in the business world [...]
August 10, 2009
Governor Bonaparte?
Most people are somewhat familar with the history of Napoleon at least with regard to the “sound bite” historical notes. They will remember vaguely that he was exiled to Elba and then returned. They will recall that he lost the battle of Waterloo and went off the pages of history about then. That is about [...]
August 4, 2009
Two Cents Worth On Everything
Again I offer my nod to Blackie Sherrod who offered his two cents worth for years on every subject known to man and some only imagined by man.
I wish someone would work with the new guy in the White House on his elocution. He is allegedly noted for his oratory and eloquence but the media [...]
July 16, 2009
When You Have To Fix It Alone
About 40 years ago I went on a hunting trip with my dad to far west Texas for mule deer. We went to a lease near the “town” of Shafter. I put the quotes in because it was a place that still had a name on the map but in fact there was nothing there. [...]
June 25, 2009
Fences and Walls Make Better Neighbors
Ben Franklin and others long ago recognized that good fences make for good neighbors. That has been true for lo these many millenia. Earliest man quickly learned how to construct walls around the places where they lived and later raised their crops as a protection against the wild beasts and from the ravages of their [...]
June 24, 2009
Eradicate Iran?–Then What?
The constant concern about the nuclear program and threats from Iran and the current turmoil on the streets there keep that country in the headlines and rightly so. From all available information Iran is on track to develop its own nuclear capacity for atomic weapons in a matter of a couple of years at most. [...]
