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Welcome to the Socialist States of America
I am appalled. I am disgusted. I never thought I would see the downfall of the once-great USA in my own lifetime. The Supreme Court has slammed the coffin shut. The USA is no longer a free republic....
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Independence Day
Today is the Fourth of July, in the year of our Lord 2012. However, it is important in the United States of America to call this day, when a new country was launched at incredible cost to so many, what...
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Would ET Be Nasty or Nice?
It's an interesting question. If we were to encounter representatives of an extraterrestrial race, are they more likely to act like malicious predators (Independence Day or "To Serve Mankind") or...
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What It Takes to Start a Business
Since Obama has never tried to start his own business, he doesn't understand what truly separates the entrepreneur from those who only dream of starting a business. I think that is at the root of his...
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Making It Easy – We’re Moving
OK, I am not changing where I live or work, but I am in the process of moving all the publishing related posts on this blog to a new Making It Easy blog on our Five Rainbows Services for Authors &...
View ArticleDoes Your Cache Have a Cachet?
Confusion in the usage and pronunciation of two common English words, cache and cachet, has become so rampant as to render them all but meaningless. The post Does Your Cache Have a Cachet? appeared...
View ArticleLocomotion in Nancy
I have no idea why this old memory popped into my brain this morning. Back in 1965 in Nancy, France, this did seem like a very cool thing. The post Locomotion in Nancy appeared first on Walt Shiel.
View ArticlePlease, No More GI Janes
I'm absolutely opposed to women serving in front-line combat positions. And I have been since the advent of this whole shortsighted movement to producing GI Janes. The post Please, No More GI Janes...
View ArticleMoney! Money! Money!
I am so excited, I'm beside myself (one of those trite expressions that conjures some weird images that hints at all the debates I often have with myself...). I'm going to be rich. I received this...
View ArticleIf any would not work…
Amid the ongoing discussions in Congress about the work requirements in the welfare rules, I think it is worth considering the wisdom of Paul in his second letter to the Thessalonians: The post If any...
View ArticleWHAT United States?
Is there really such a thing as the United States of America anymore? It has become more and more difficult to find common ground on which the majority of the population agrees. If you study the early...
View ArticleThis Tree Must Go!
Over the nine years we’ve lived on our heavily wooded, 40-acre farm in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, I’ve cut down a lot of trees and turned them into firewood. One tree, a beautiful broad leaf aspen,...
View ArticleRules of Air Combat
The Winter 1976 edition of the US Air Force's Fighter Weapons Review included a set of basic rules for WVR (within visual range) air combat -- dogfighting The post Rules of Air Combat appeared first on...
View ArticleMore Rules of Air Combat
I'm not sure of the original source for the following rules, but they were posted for a time on a bulletin board in the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska, around 1980....
View ArticleGrow and Give for Prostate Cancer
I am growing the longest, bushiest sideburns I can during the month of November to raise some funds for ZERO-The End of Prostate Cancer's Grow & Give campaign. Check out my page at...
View ArticlePositive Mental Attitude Is Key
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a US Air Force pilot. My dad was a career Air Force navigator, and I had made my first aircraft flight while still wearing diapers. The military and...
View ArticleCustomer Service — Good & Bad
It continues to amaze how many established companies fail so miserably in the customer service arena. As the old saying goes, this is not "rocket surgery." So, herewith a couple of tales of my recent...
View ArticleWill Handwriting Go the Way of Punched Cards?
Eons ago, when I was a young engineering student at Michigan State University, I minored in computer science. The only campus computer we had available was a CDC 6600, considered state of the art in...
View ArticleONCE A KNIGHT Highly Recommended Fiction
Once A Knight is highly recommended reading. The post ONCE A KNIGHT Highly Recommended Fiction appeared first on Walt Shiel.
View ArticleROUGH WAR a Riveting War Story
Rough War is a riveting war story, highly recommended. The post ROUGH WAR a Riveting War Story appeared first on Walt Shiel.
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