Strong As An Ox And Nearly As Smart

My younger brother Ron and I were very big for our age. When people told Pop, "You have really good looking boys," Pop would smile and agree: "Yep, they're strong as an ox and nearly as smart."

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Joining The Blue Star Blogroll

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A couple of weeks ago I went through a period of low posting activity. I had posted Making the Army of Reconquista , and visitor traffic inc...
Saturday, June 03, 2006

Greatest Baseball Player Of All

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  You can’t pick a greatest football player of all time. In football your body has to fit your very specialized position. That is why Joe M...
Friday, June 02, 2006

Local Government Used To Persecute

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(This blog post is strictly about a local issue in Gualala, California, where I have lived and worked for many years. To me, it is an abuse ...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Ann Coulter Gives Good Column

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How can you be forgiven taxes you haven’t paid for two years? And qualify for the earned income tax credit at the same time? Plus be part ...

Country & Western - Telling Life's Stories

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I grew up in the Rock 'n Roll generation, but Country and Western has always been my kind of music. I think I know why. I think it’s bec...
Tuesday, May 30, 2006

They Also Served

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Marilynn Marie Miller Combs, 1962 The military family serves too, and often pays a higher price than the soldier, sailor, or airman. I know ...
Monday, May 29, 2006

California School Exit Exam Not Needed

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Just in time for graduations, my buddy Sam way down south in Garden Grove reminds me that Bill Clinton signed the Americans With No Abilitie...
Sunday, May 28, 2006

Butcher, Baker

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Tonight I’m reading the Mendocino County Historical Society Newsletter, Volume 44, Number 4. You can join by sending $20 ($25 for a coupl...
Saturday, May 27, 2006

Tower Of Babel Is A Democratic Goal

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The Biblical lesson of the Tower of Babel has been lost on Democrati...

Hollywood Taught Us About Drug Addiction

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Many of you, most of you I hope, learned about drug addiction the same way I did. That's right. Not by being an addict, but going to the...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Congressional Power Makes Idiots Of Republicans Too

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To The Speaker of the House, The Honorable, Imperial, Etc., J. Dennis Hastert Dear Speaker, I used to think, and often say, that it took a v...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

France - One Step Away From Socialist Paradise

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Robert Samuelson, the only reason I continued my Newsweek subscription for many years, wrote The Politics of Make-Believe , April 3, 2006 ed...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Liberal Urban Legends About Iraq

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(Click on cartoon to enlarge it) The following Liberal Urban Legends persist no matter how thoroughly they are debunked. The president misle...
Monday, May 22, 2006

The Best Of Times

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Alice and I frequently marvel about how good it is to live in these times. We wonder, are we the only ones who realize how good we have it? ...
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Alice's Project Completed!

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(These photos show the beams of the sunroom being placed by a huge crane extended over our house, Alice and her daughters and grandk...
Saturday, May 20, 2006

An Experiment Using Liberal Specimens

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I am conducting an experiment of sorts, using Liberals as my laboratory specimens. A couple of days ago I unexpectedly received an email fro...
Friday, May 19, 2006

The Arrogance Of Immigrants

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When did it start? Why haven’t I noticed the arrogance of immigrants until just the last couple of months? First, what do I mean about the a...

The Great Point Arena Fire Of 1954

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The pert and perky mayor of Point Arena, a city of 500 and a strong contender for the title of smallest incorporated city in California, exp...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Liberals Squemish About Patriot Days

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Under the category, It's Never Too Late, I belatedly ran across a blog post from almost a year ago that included a letter Alice wrote th...
Monday, May 15, 2006

It's A Gig

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(This is the second installment of "You're In The Air Force Now") “It’s a gig.” The three little words Airman First Class (A1C...
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