With Veterans Day on Sunday the 11th, I wanted to remind all my readers to not forget to Thank a Vet for their service, and say a prayer for those still in harms way. If you have the means, take the time to support any of the great Veterans centered organizations like The Wounded Warrior…
Category: Current Events
Hold Fast
I think you have seen by now that this blog is not political in nature. I think you know by now my feelings on the state of this country and it’s current leadership. I will not waste your time whining and/or worrying, and you should do likewise. My advice to you comes from an old…
What Happens When You Depend on Other People….
An Essay on Self-Sufficiency Watching the news tonight, I got a bad case of deja vu’. Watching people of various ethnicities in a moonscape of urban disaster, ranting at public officials because their lights were not on, they have no gas for their cars, they need food, water, medicine, etc. In a nutshell, their life…
5 Smart Ways to Respond to a Blackout
A Really Good Article from Michael Yon and his Online Magazine: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/5-smart-ways-to-respond-to-a-blackout.htm
Preparing for Sandy………
Though I am tucked away down here in Texas, I have relatives and close friends on the east coast that are in the path of this storm. Though I preach preparedness and thinking ahead constantly, I hope all you guys have taken steps to get ready for this thing………. If not, here are some…
News Flash Obama: Bayonets are still Relevant!
With the latest back and forth banter by the two Presidents in last night’s debate, I could not help myself from commenting and posting an article over a comment Obama made about our Military’s “changing nature”. With our recent emphasis on Combatives and Battlefield Improvisation, I was pleased to read this article: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/23/bayonets-still-standard-issue-despite-obama-debate-jab/ Clearly Mr….
Bubonic Plague back on Radar
You know Bio-Warfare has always both intrigued and scared the Hell out of me..the though of putting something like this in an aerosol bomb or in a city water supply makes alot of folks at the CDC terminal insomniacs. The Imperial Japanese Army was the first to use plague, when in 1940 they dropped plague…
It’s the End of the World as I Know It….(and I feel Fine)
You know as of late, there has been ALOT of chatter on forums and in barber shops about all this unrest in the Middle East being the BEGINNING of the END. Now, this articles aim is not Religious or Political in nature, not because I am a man of unbelief or callous to US foreign…
Winged Assassins: The Dangers of West Nile Virus
I came across this story and though saddened by this family’s loss, I was really taken back by the statistics of West Nile Infections in or around the Dallas Area. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/07/30/west-nile-kills-mom-4-on-child-birthday/?test=latestnews Since there is no vaccine currently available, the only weapon we have is prevention. Here is a link to the CDC’s fact and…
Dipping the Flag and other Flag Etiquette Taboo’s.
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/will-u-s-dip-american-flag-at-olympic-ceremony.html When I saw this story, I have to be honest…it did not surprise me, not because of the current administration and their total disregard of American values and their campaign to castrate American Greatness but because most everywhere I go, I see gross violations of flag etiquette and code. Some may be out…