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C.S.S. John Simonds Was a Confederate Ship
I have half of my relatives on one side of the Civil War and half on the other. I have equal respect for both. I searched my name and was surprised to find a ship with my name. It fell on the...
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TOP POSTS OF 2013, DEWALT AIR GUN ASSAULT RIFLE, EUPHEMISMS FOR STUPID
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 35,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 13 sold-out performances...
View ArticleGreat Sayings – Abraham Maslow
“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.” — Abraham Maslow I’ve been in some dark...
View ArticleGreat Sayings – George Patton
“I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, ‘Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?’” — George S. Patton Jr. Love him or hate him, he got...
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Covid-19, It’s Another Pearl Harbor – We’ve Been Through This Before And We...
Update: On April 5th, the Surgeon General compared the Corona Virus to Pearl Harbor. There are events in history that cause a divided nation to come together. Some have been pandemics and others have...
View ArticleGreat Sayings – Simon Sinek
“Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.” — Simon Sinek It’s a practiced skill, although true leaders seem to be born...
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My Dad’s contribution to WWII
I recently saw a show on the History Channel about the 5 deadliest weapons ever used. In no order, they were the Soviet 50 kiloton nuclear bomb, incendiary weapons, the VT fuse, machine gun and VX...
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Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a Date that will live in Infamy
A question that has interested historians and researchers for decades is: why? Why did Japan launch an attack that, in hindsight at least, they clearly had no chance of winning? The obvious answer is...
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Memorial Day 2020 Roundup – Freedom Is Not Free
I will continue to update this during the day as I run across relevant posts The Patriot Post – Memorial Day Lost Memories of The Black American Soldier Memorial Day Lest We Forget Memorial Day –...
View ArticleFriday’s Saying – Henri Fredrick Amiel
“The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.” A more common version of this is he who hesitates, hesitates. No one knows the outcome of any decision. We...
View ArticleThe WikiLeaks Dump, Come and Get It
Here is a link to the files below. I looked at some and there is a lot of incriminating information. I’m sure if due diligence were actually done, some crimes could be solved. There is other...
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Is China Creating A Master Race Of Super Soldiers?
Didn’t anyone watch The Wrath Of Khan? Don’t we already know that trying to engineer a master race always goes wrong. Isn’t Russia kicked out of world competition? Do we even have a James T. Kirk who...
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Why Not To Cancel (Culture) History
I first learned this when I visited Dachau, the concentration camp outside of Munich. It was a gloomy day and I could feel the pain and suffering that went on 70 years prior. It was a reminder of what...
View ArticleBull Halsey On Being Extraordinary
There are no extraordinary men… just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with. William Halsey This man had to lead a range of military men in WWII ranging from high school...
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Beware Of AI, The Robots Always Kill The Humans
2001: A Space Odyssey, Terminator, Aida of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the robots always want to take over in the end and kill the humans. See below the meme on stupidity so I can get to the point. Yes,...
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One of the Greatest Meme’s For A Guy
First, you have to know what brrrrttttt is. It is the sound the 30 MM cannon makes from an A-10. If you don’t know the sound or are female and want to know what the big deal is (read, how childish men...
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Stuff Only Older Guys Will Recognize
I built a million of these things. It was cars, planes, engines and more cars. I got model glue on everything. Actually, I’m surprised that my brain isn’t mush from all the glue. This was before...
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Star Trek, Life Imitates Art
It would be iconic to call him that over a 2 way radio. The jokes write themselves sometimes don’t they. I’ve met William Shatner. He was an ok guy. I’m sure meeting people like me over and over is...
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