As I was getting ready for work this morning I started thinking about military uniforms and what their purpose is. I have heard all the typical reasons such as discipline, Esprit de Corps, identification, distinctiveness, economy, and of course, uniformity…. Continue Reading →
The First Rule of Liberalism: Government failure always justifies more government. That is one of the best lines I have seen in a while. Thanks to the Best of the Web Team at the Wall Street Journal for coming up… Continue Reading →
At the present time, Germany is in a strategic position unparalleled in its history. The German state shares no borders with any potential enemies in the near future. Historically Germany has had to contend with one or more… Continue Reading →
No posts for the next week or so as I will be on vacation visiting historic places I can post about and probably lounging on the beach as well.
Education officials break down Stockton man’s door I don’t even know what to think about this. Surprise that the DOE has cops or shock that they would use a SWAT team to go after a student loan defaulter. Maybe those… Continue Reading →
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Herman Cain is the one real person running for president, not a career politician. He is probably the best candidate out there and I am waiting for the left-wing Smear Machine to go into overdrive on him. Here s a… Continue Reading →
Dr Beachcombing over at strange history sent me this post of his through email a few days ago and I decided to link to it. It regards the quality of the scans available for books in the Google Books service…. Continue Reading →
I dabble in the stock market and one of the stocks I owned until recently was 5 shares of Citigroup stock. I picked it up in late 2008 at $6 a share hoping to vulture-like profit share. In… Continue Reading →
I was in the hospital last week after undergoing surgery to fix a herniated disk in my lower back so I have not posted anything until today. I injured my back almost 17 years ago in a Bradley rollover at… Continue Reading →
A hilarious, yet strangely profound, piece from Andrew Klavan via PJTV. This is one of the best pieces I have seen that highlights the idiocy of the liberal lefts views on Islam. I found it on my favorite political satire… Continue Reading →
I have gotten at least 500 spam comments from Justin Bieber in the last week. They look like this(hyperlinks removed): Justin Bieber 0 approved justinbieber24.pl Plomma14372@gmail.com 94.41.92.26 Submitted on 2011/05/01 at 08:57 Kanadyjski wokalista http://www.justinbieber24.pl justin bieber justin bieber… Continue Reading →
Drudge has a link up to this story about the military instituting Courtesy Patrols (CP) in downtown Columbus, Georgia just outside the gates of Fort Benning. The story itself is very balanced and explains what a CP is what they… Continue Reading →
I wrote a post about Saint John of Nepomuk a week or so ago and at the time I wanted to post a picture of the statue near my house but had been too lazy to stop on my way… Continue Reading →
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Interesting Article in Stars and Stripes
I am probably going to get beat up for posting this but here goes anyway. There was an interesting story (attached to the post here) in last Tuesday’s edition of European Stars and Stripes. It concerned the lack of… Continue Reading →