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Memories, a memoir, philosophy or simply the ramblings of a boomer. These are my thoughts, my observations and my opinions.

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  • An individual thing

    It’s a topic I often talk about, legislated charity. That is my view of a number of these programs offered today. The same people that insist we are not a Christian nation insist we must extend Christian charity. Charity is… Continue reading

  • Love and allegiance

    I admit I wasn’t aware that we had representatives in congress that hold dual citizenship. My immediate thought was, can they hold dual allegiance? It is something I certainly do not believe is possible. Yes, I’m a binary thinker in… Continue reading

  • Purchased valor?

    While scrolling down my Facebook page I saw a posting about a Cold War Certificate and Medal. As with the vast majority of those postings I just took a casual glance, not reading the whole posting and doing “research” to… Continue reading

  • On the spot

    I didn’t stay up to listen to the State of the Union Address. I’m quite certain I will hear all about it in the coming days. One hour and forty eight minutes is what I’ve learned so far. The big… Continue reading

  • I like to believe

    Some years back I was looking at some of the memorabilia from my fathers time in war. That would have been WW2. It isn’t a great deal of stuff, just a few miscellaneous items. One item caught my attention as… Continue reading

  • Ever forward

    I had composed a blog earlier today and then the power flickered and poof that blog was lost. That’s the problem with this computer stuff it can disappear faster than you can blink. Strange because we are also told everything… Continue reading

  • Snipes

    I don’t have a lot of pictures from my Navy days. You would think over a twenty year career I would have a great deal more but that time was before cell phones and everyone taking selfies. Selfies wasn’t even… Continue reading

  • Just a number

    You know what I find funny? If you are in my country illegally you still have to pay taxes. I wondered how you could that if you are undocumented, you wouldn’t have a social security number. Well, as it turns… Continue reading

  • Are they real?

    While we are on the subject of aliens. No, I’m not talking about space aliens, the kind Obama says are real but he hasn’t personally seen any, not those aliens. I’m talking about the illegal aliens. My first question is,… Continue reading

  • The little things

    I do not have any artistic abilities. That’s just the simple straight up fact of the matter. I had art class while in high school and passed the grade. I passed because I showed up and turned in my assignments.… Continue reading