Archive for August, 2011

Russian Rocket Explodes and our Gutted Space Program

| August 29, 2011
Russian Rocket Explodes and our Gutted Space Program

I remember staying up and watching the first steps on the moon by Americans. HOWEVER – Thanks to the present administration’s agenda, our once fabulous space program of NASA has been gutted and America is forced to rely on Russia to get to and from the Space Station. James May, in a recent episode of […]

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Rocky Top – Electric Style – Steve Morse and th’ Boys

| August 29, 2011
Rocky Top – Electric Style – Steve Morse and th’ Boys

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Oxymorons and the Psychology of Projection 101

| August 29, 2011
Oxymorons and the Psychology of Projection 101

… This subject has been bothering me for quite some time now – Conservatism is naturally fiscally responsible. Period. Tacking a word in front of “conservative” to make up some kind of sub category is like mixing sugar and water with gasoline and trying to run an engine with it. It gums up the machine […]

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Good Advice From 1969 – Blood, Sweat and Tears

| August 27, 2011
Good Advice From 1969 – Blood, Sweat and Tears

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Castles Built On Sand

| August 27, 2011
Castles Built On Sand

… What has REAL value? Gold… Stocks… Money… ? … Who is more blind – the blind fool or the fool who follows him into a ditch ? Your best investment is into tools. Tools to make things. Tools to grow your own food. Tools to maintain what you have. What does it profit a […]

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Could You, Would You, have Wood ?

| August 27, 2011
Could You, Would You, have Wood ?

… Welcome to Nashville. Now yall go on home … …

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The Sky Is Falling! The Sky Is Falling!!!

| August 27, 2011
The Sky Is Falling! The Sky Is Falling!!!

… Sorry, Chicken Little – the sky is not falling … Bleary-eyed from the long marathon of post-production sessions, I awaken to yet more coverage of this little hurricane that has the “Big Apple” in another one of its self-centered tirades … and YES – I am using tirade properly in this situation … Sure […]

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Megadeth Visits US Nuclear Submarine USS Helena

| August 21, 2011
Megadeth Visits US Nuclear Submarine USS Helena

Chief Electrician’s Mate Dan Britt, from Elizabethtown, N.C. explains the ship’s control panel to Dave Mustaine, lead singer of the band Megadeth, in the control room aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Helena (SSN 725). Members from the band made a brief stop to visit the submarine at Naval Station Norfolk before their concert […]

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Time Capsule – 1980 Presidential Campaign & Election

| August 21, 2011
Time Capsule – 1980 Presidential Campaign & Election

… The late 70’s was very similar to our time today. History (and more) travels in cycles and patterns. We seem to live long enough to recognize some of them. Those in the fashion and arts industry can definitely testify to trends running in around 15 and 30 year cycles. The following clips are television […]

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Nashville – You have to live here to understand

| August 20, 2011
Nashville – You have to live here to understand

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Strange Flying Crafts Over Daejeong

| August 20, 2011
Strange Flying Crafts Over Daejeong

… These flew over our family’s house in Daejeong, South Korea ROK

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The Coming Storm from the East

| August 20, 2011
The Coming Storm from the East

… First – Here is a short documentary made by young students. It is a rough but sincere effort and illustrates that the youth of today truly “get it” –   …   The West continually makes a mistake in dealing with the East. The way of thinking and doing is very different from East […]

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Glass harp | Toccata and fugue in D minor | Bach

| August 19, 2011
Glass harp | Toccata and fugue in D minor | Bach

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Dejavu’ All Over Again

| August 15, 2011
Dejavu’ All Over Again

…   It is only a difference in time as history repeats itself as beckoned by the ignorant of such history. Cycles of history brought on by those who forget and remedied by those who remember.   … … … …   The demenors are the same – the blame game is the same – […]

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Wisdom from Lee Iacocca – Creator of the Ford Mustang

| August 9, 2011
Wisdom from Lee Iacocca – Creator of the Ford Mustang

… “Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.” “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” “In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow […]

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The Common Sense of CNBC’s Rick Santelli Strikes Again

| August 9, 2011
The Common Sense of CNBC’s Rick Santelli Strikes Again

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Weird Al and his Crusade to Save The Planet From Bad Road Signs

| August 5, 2011
Weird Al and his Crusade to Save The Planet From Bad Road Signs

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The Rising Modern American Honor

| August 3, 2011
The Rising Modern American Honor

… “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it […]

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Four Sociopolitical Mindsets Compared (satire)

| August 3, 2011
Four Sociopolitical Mindsets Compared (satire)

… In my observance of today’s social and political climate, it is apparent that four basic types of mindsets are operating in our American Culture of today – 1) The True Conservative 2) The Pretend Conservative Fascist 3) The Modern Liberal 4) The Socialist Neo-Marxist I felt it would be interesting and fun to compare […]

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Americans VS Professional Career Politicians

| August 2, 2011
Americans VS Professional Career Politicians

… I finally realized that everything relates to how Career politicians interpret the US Constitution. Here is the way an American reads the US Constitution Preamble: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, […]

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