It’s been a good year – back in the industry I’ve loved for so long, and things are looking up on a personal level.
Nationally, I continue to pray for the leaders God has set in place.
We must have one heck of a lesson to relearn, if this current administration is the example.
Happy New Year, and see you in 2013!
Chat ya later…
Thanks for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, and Wear Red on Fridays!
We were out of town and off line over the weekend. Yes, I had phone service, but no data. T-mobile doesn’t think data service is important in far-away places like Kingman, Arizona. And phone service isn’t important outisde of metropolises like Prescott, Arizona.
But I digress.
Along with being off-line, I was also away from the papers. Blissful, yes, but then you come back and get caught up a day after everything happens to find out the Cardinals are even worse than you thought possible.
Anyone who has read this blog more than once or twice knows that I am waiting for Arizona to have a professional football team before I root for anyone besides Denver or Cincinnati. But yesterday’s “game” against the Seahawks? Holy stinks-worse-than-skunk-attack-on-wet-dog, Batman – Most points scored by an opponent (58). Biggest defeat in franchise history (58-0). Even the sports columnists at the Arizona Republic have tossed in the towel, saying that even firing Whisenhunt would only appease the thousands, if not hundreds, of fans. It sure won’t fix the guaranteed losing season.
On the other hand, I suppose now would be a time to become a “fan” of the Cardinals, as they can really only go up from here. There is no way they can do worse than they did yesterday.
Of course, now that I’ve said it, they’ll prove me wrong next weekend …
Chat ya later…
Thanks for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, and Wear Red on Fridays!
Do you know how much I am looking forward to not having to call Obama(THHO) the pResident anymore?
Do you know how many military men have endorsed the current “Commander”-in-Chief? Here’s the list:
General Wesley Clark, USA, (Ret)
General Colin Powell, USA (Ret)
Major General Paul Eaton, USA (Ret)
Admiral Donald Gutter, USN, former JAG of the Navy, (Ret)
Admiral John Nathman, USN, (Ret)
Quite the impressive list, yes?
How about the list of military endorsements for Mitt Romney?
Admiral James B. Busey, USN, (Ret.), General James T. Conway, USMC, (Ret.), General Terrence R. Dake, USMC, (Ret), Admiral James O. Ellis, USN, (Ret.), Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, USM, (Ret.), General Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, (Ret), General Tommy Franks, USA, (Ret), General Alfred Hansen, USAF, (Ret), Admiral Ronald Jackson Hays, USN, (Ret), Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward, USN, (Ret), General Chuck Albert Horner, USAF, (Ret), Admiral Jerome LaMarr Johnson, USN, (Ret), Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, (Ret), General Paul X. Kelley, USMC, (Ret), General William Kernan, USA, (Ret), Admiral George E.R. Kinnear II, USN, (Ret), General William L. Kirk, USAF, (Ret), General James J. Lindsay, USA, (Ret), General William R. Looney III, USAF, (Ret), Admiral Hank Mauz, USN, (Ret), General Robert Magnus, USMC, (Ret), Admiral Paul David Miller, USN, (Ret), General Henry Hugh Shelton, USA, (Ret), General Lance Smith, USAF, (Ret), Admiral Leighton Smith, Jr., USN, (Ret), General Ronald W. Yates, USAF, (Ret), Admiral Ronald J. Zlatoper, USN, (Ret), Lieutenant General James Abrahamson, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Edgar Anderson, Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Marcus A. Anderson, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Buck Bedard, USMC, (Ret.), Vice Admiral A. Bruce Beran, USCG, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Lyle Bien, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Harold Blot, USMC, (Ret.), Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, USA, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Mike Bowman III, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Mike Bucchi, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Walter E. Buchanan III, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Richard A. Burpee, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General William Campbell, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General James E. Chambers, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Edward W. Clexton, Jr., USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General John B. Conaway, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Marvin Covault, USA, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Terry M. Cross, USCG, (Ret.), Vice Admiral William Adam Dougherty, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Brett Dula, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Gordon E. Fornell, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral David Frost, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Henry C. Giffin III, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Peter M. Hekman, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Richard D. Herr, USCG, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Thomas J Hickey, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Walter S. Hogle, Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Ronald W. Iverson, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Donald W. Jones, USA, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Douglas J. Katz, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Jay W. Kelley, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Tom Kilcline, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Timothy A. Kinnan, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Harold Koenig, M.D., USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Albert H. Konetzni, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Buford Derald Lary, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, USMC, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Stephen Loftus, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Michael Malone, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Edward H. Martin, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral John J. Mazach, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Justin D. McCarthy, USN, (Ret.), Vice Admiral William McCauley, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Fred McCorkle, USMC, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Joseph S. Mobley, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Carol Mutter, USMC, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Dave R. Palmer, USA, (Ret.), Vice Admiral John Theodore “Ted” Parker, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks, USMC, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Charles Henry “Chuck” Pitman, USMC, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Steven R. Polk, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral William E. Ramsey, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Joseph J. Redden, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Clifford H. “Ted” Rees, Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Edward Rowny, USA (Ret.), Vice Admiral Dutch Schultz, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Charles J. Searock, Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General E. G. “Buck” Shuler, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Alexander M. “Rusty” Sloan, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General David J. Teal, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Billy M. Thomas, USA, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Donald C. “Deese” Thompson, USCG, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Alan S. Thompson, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Herman O. “Tommy” Thomson, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Howard B. Thorsen, USCG, (Ret.), Lieutenant General William Thurman, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Robert Allen “R.A.” Tiebout, USMC, (Ret.), Vice Admiral John B. Totushek, USNR, (Ret.), Lieutenant General George J. Trautman, USMC, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Garry R. Trexler, USAF, (Ret.), Vice Admiral Jerry O. Tuttle, USN, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Claudius “Bud” Watts, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General William “Bill” Welser, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Thad A. Wolfe, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General C. Norman Wood, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Michael W. Wooley, USAF, (Ret.), Lieutenant General Richard “Rick” Zilmer, USMC, (Ret.), Major General Chris Adams, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Henry Amos, USN (Ret.), Major General Nora Alice Astafan, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Almon Bowen Ballard, USAF, (Ret.), Major General James F. Barnette, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Robert W. Barrow, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John R. Batlzer, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Jon W. Bayless, USN, (Ret.), Major General John E. Bianchi, USA, (Ret.), Major General David F. Bice, USMC, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Linda J. Bird, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral James H. Black, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Peter A. Bondi, USN, (Ret.), Major General John L. Borling, USMC, (Ret.), Major General Tom Braaten, USA, (Ret.), Major General Robert J. Brandt, USA, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Jerry C. Breast, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Bruce B. Bremner, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Thomas F. Brown III, USN, (Ret.), Major General David P. Burford, USA, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John F. Calvert, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Jay A. Campbell, USN, (Ret.), Major General Henry Canterbury, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral James J. Carey, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Nevin Carr, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Stephen K. Chadwick, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral W. Lewis Chatham, USN, (Ret.), Major General Jeffrey G. Cliver, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Casey Coane, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Isaiah C. Cole, USN, (Ret.), Major General Stephen Condon, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Richard C. Cosgrave, USANG, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Robert Cowley, USN, (Ret.), Major General J.T. Coyne, USMC, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Robert C. Crates, USN, (Ret.), Major General Tommy F. Crawford, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral James P. Davidson, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Kevin F. Delaney, USN, (Ret.), Major General James D. Delk, USA, (Ret.), Major General Robert E. Dempsey, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Jay Ronald Denney, USNR, (Ret.), Major General Robert S. Dickman, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral James C. Doebler, USN, (Ret.), Major General Douglas O. Dollar, USA, (Ret.), Major General Hunt Downer, USA, (Ret.), Major General Thomas A. Dyches, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Jay T. Edwards, USAF, (Ret.), Major General John R. Farrington, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Francis L. Filipiak, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III, USN, (Ret.), Major General Charles Fletcher, USA, (Ret.), Major General Bobby O. Floyd, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Veronica Froman, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Vance H. Fry, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral R. Byron Fuller, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral George M. Furlong, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Frank Gallo, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Ben F. Gaumer, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Harry E. Gerhard Jr., USN, (Ret.), Major General Daniel J. Gibson, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Andrew A. Giordano, USN, (Ret.), Major General Richard N. Goddard, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Fred Golove, USCGR, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Harold Eric Grant, USN, (Ret.), Major General Jeff Grime, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Robert Kent Guest, USA, (Ret.), Major General Tim Haake, USAR, (Ret.), Major General Otto K. Habedank, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Thomas F. Hall, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Donald P. Harvey, USN, (Ret.), Major General Leonard W. Hegland, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John Hekman, USN, (Ret.), Major General John A. Hemphill, USA, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Larry Hereth, USCG, (Ret.), Major General Wilfred Hessert, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Don Hickman, USN, (Ret.), Major General Geoffrey Higginbotham, USMC, (Ret.), Major General Jerry D. Holmes, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Weldon F. Honeycutt, USA, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Steve Israel, USN, (Ret.), Major General James T. Jackson, USA, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Tim Jenkins, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Ron Jesberg, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Pierce J. Johnson, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Steven B. Kantrowitz, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John T. Kavanaugh, USN, (Ret.), Major General Dennis M. Kenneally, USA, (Ret.), Major General Michael Kerby, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral David Kunkel, USCG, (Ret.), Major General Geoffrey C. Lambert, USA, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Arthur Langston, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Thomas G. Lilly, USN, (Ret.), Major General James E. Livingston, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Al Logan, USAF, (Ret.), Major General John D. Logeman Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Noah H. Long Jr, USNR, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Don Loren, USN, (Ret.), Major General Andy Love, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Thomas C. Lynch, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Steven Wells Maas, USN, (Ret.), Major General Robert M. Marquette, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Larry Marsh, USN, (Ret.), Major General Clark W. Martin, USAF, (Ret.), Major General William M. Matz, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Gerard Mauer, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral William J. McDaniel, MD, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral E.S. McGinley II, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Henry C. McKinney, USN, (Ret.), Major General Robert Messerli, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Douglas S. Metcalf, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John W. Miller, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Patrick David Moneymaker, USN, (Ret.), Major General Mario Montero, USA, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Douglas M. Moore, USN, (Ret.), Major General Walter Bruce Moore, USA, (Ret.), Major General William Moore, USA, (Ret.), Major General Burton R. Moore, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral James A. Morgart, USN, (Ret.), Major General Stanton R. Musser, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John T. Natter, USN, (Ret.), Major General Robert George Nester, USAF, (Ret.), Major General George W. Norwood, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Robert C. Olsen, USN, (Ret.), Major General Raymund E. O’Mara, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Robert S. Owens, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John F. Paddock, USN, (Ret.), Major General Robert W. Paret, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Robert O. Passmore, USN, (Ret.), Major General Earl G. Peck, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Richard E. Perraut Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Major General Gerald F. Perryman, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral W.W. Pickavance, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral John J. Prendergast, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Fenton F. Priest, USN, (Ret.), Major General David C. Ralston, USA, (Ret.), Major General Bentley B. Rayburn, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Harold Rich, USN , (Ret.), Rear Admiral Roland Rieve, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Tommy F. Rinard, USN , (Ret.), Major General Richard H. Roellig, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Michael S. Roesner, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral William J. Ryan, USN, (Ret.), Major General Loran C. Schnaidt, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Carl Schneider, USAF , (Ret.), Major General John P. Schoeppner, Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Major General Edison E. Scholes, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Robert H. Shumaker, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral William S. Schwob, USCG, (Ret.), Major General David J. Scott, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Hugh P. Scott, USN, (Ret.), Major General Richard Secord, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral William H. Shawcross, USN, (Ret.), Major General Joseph K. Simeone, USAF and ANG , (Ret.), Major General Darwin Simpson, ANG , (Ret.), Rear Admiral Greg Slavonic, USN , (Ret.), Rear Admiral David Oliver “D.O.” Smart, USNR, (Ret.), Major General Richard D. Smith, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Donald Bruce Smith, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Paul O. Soderberg, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Robert H. “Bob” Spiro, USN, (Ret.), Major General Henry B. Stelling, Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Daniel H. Stone, USN, (Ret.), Major General William A. Studer, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Hamlin Tallent, USN, (Ret.), Major General Hugh Banks Tant III, USA, (Ret.), Major General Larry S. Taylor, USMC, (Ret.), Major General J.B. Taylor, USA, (Ret.), Major General Thomas R. Tempel, USA , (Ret.), Major General Richard L. Testa, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Jere Thompson, USN (Ret.), Rear Admiral Byron E. Tobin, USN, (Ret.), Major General Larry Twitchell, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Russell L. Violett, USAF, (Ret.), Major General David E.B. “DEB” Ward, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Charles J. Wax, USAF, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Donald Weatherson, USN, (Ret.), Major General John Welde, USAF, (Ret.), Major General Gary Whipple, USA , (Ret.), Rear Admiral James B. Whittaker, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Charles Williams, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral H. Denny Wisely, USN, (Ret.), Rear Admiral Theodore J. Wojnar, USCG, (Ret.), Rear Admiral George R. Worthington, USN, (Ret.), Brigadier General Arthur Abercrombie, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General John R. Allen, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Loring R. Astorino, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Richard Averitt, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General Garry S. Bahling, USANG, (Ret.), Brigadier General Donald E. Barnhart, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Charles L. Bishop, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Clayton Bridges, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Jeremiah J. Brophy, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General R. Thomas Browning, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General David A. Brubaker, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Chalmers R. Carr, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Fred F. Caste, USAFR, (Ret.), Brigadier General Robert V. Clements, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Christopher T Cline, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General George Peyton Cole, Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Richard A. Coleman, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Mike Cushman, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Peter Dawkins, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General Sam. G. DeGeneres, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General George Demers, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Howard G. DeWolf, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Arthur F. Diehl, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General David Bob Edmonds, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Anthony Farrington, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Norm Gaddis, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Robert H. Harkins, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Thomas W. Honeywill, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Stanley V. Hood, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General James J. Hourin, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Jack C. Ihle, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Thomas G. Jeter, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General William Herbert Johnson, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Kenneth F. Keller, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Wayne W. Lambert, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Jerry L. Laws, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General Thomas J. Lennon, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General John M. Lotz, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Robert S. Mangum, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General Frank Martin, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Joe Mensching, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Richard L. Meyer, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Lawrence A. Mitchell, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Michael P. Mulqueen, USMC, (Ret.), Brigadier General Ben Nelson, Jr., USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Jack W. Nicholson, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General Maria C. Owens, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Dave Papak, USMC, (Ret.), Brigadier General Gary A. Pappas, USANG, (Ret.), Brigadier General Robert V. Paschon, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Allen K. Rachel, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Jon Reynolds, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Edward F. Rodriguez, Jr., USAFR, (Ret.), Brigadier General Roger Scearce, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General Dennis Schulstad, USAFR, (Ret.), Brigadier General John Serur, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Joseph L. Shaefer, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Graham Shirley, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Raymond Shulstad, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Stan Smith, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Ralph S. Smith, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Donald Smith, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General David M. Snyder, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Michael Joseph Tashjian, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Richard Louis Ursone, USA, (Ret.), Brigadier General Earl Van Inwegen, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Terrence P. Woods, USAF, (Ret.), Brigadier General Mitchell Zais, USA, (Ret.), and Brigadier General Allan Ralph Zenowitz, USA, (Ret.).
Gee, I wonder where the trust of our military leaders lies? I am in no way advocating that this should become a militarily led country, but when the majority of the retired flag officers would rather back someone OTHER THAN the sitting “Commander”-in-Chief, then that should tell you something about the character of that “Commander”-in-Chief.
One last thing before the celebration of citizenship represented by the DUTY to vote – I don’t care who you vote for – because that is between you and God. I do pray that you vote your beliefs – no, you won’t find someone who exactly matches everything you believe in, but let me remind you of this: One candidate is for same-sex marriage, partial- and post-birth abortions, and hinders allies of the United States. The other candidate has a track record of being against same-sex marriage, against abortion, and does not believe in hindering the allies of the United States. And if, at this time, you are still undecided, then stay home and pack instead of voting. Pack? Yes, You should not be allowed to live here if you are still not sure who you want in charge of your future.
I’ll tell you this – after tomorrow’s election results, I will either be investing in my future or investing in lots of lead – which is basically the same thing, but in different directions. I pray that I can invest in my future.
Chat ya later…
Thanks for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, and Wear Red on Fridays!
Special Thanks to Dave T for sending me this list.
September 3rd, 1950 – David Kellog Cartter and Dona Rae Couch were married, marking the start of my family. Theirs would be a long and happy marriage, not without it’s bumps, but for the most part quite normal and middle class.
Early summer, 1992 – Mom and Dad came out to visit me in California. The morning they were getting ready to leave, I insisted on taking them to breakfast. Dad didn’t want to, wanted to get on the road and go. Mom saw the look on my face – I just had the feeling that I wouldn’t see Dad again.
September 3rd, 1992 – the morning of their 42nd Anniversary, Dad had been in the hospital in Tucson overnight for observation; a blood clot broke loose from his leg and moved up into his heart. I was at work when the call came in. I headed for Tucson that afternoon, driving.
It has been twenty years. I know that I should not still be dwelling on this. So much has happened in these years. His youngest granddaughter never got to meet him. I am pretty sure they would have gotten along famously, since I see so much of him in her.
My wife would have loved him also. I know he would have loved her. I know that my wife and my Mom would have gotten along better if he had still been around, but since Mom is gone now too that doesn’t really matter any more.
I still miss him so, so much.
Chat ya later…
Thanks for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, and Wear Red on Fridays!
I have seen the original pieces from which this e-mail was compiled. The attributions are correct, as near as I can remember. Yes, the mind still works correctly once in a while …
I received this from a Guy who served and is a casual acquaintance. Actually, he sent it to my wife, who is a former co-worker of his, and she passed it on to me.
There – now that there is enough fluff so that the Myfaceplace extract doesn’t set off the Censors … and please note that since this is from another source, it does not follow this site’s editorial preferences by not capitalizing certain words – like muslim, islam, and koran (qoran/quran/fakereligiousbookthatoutlineshowtotakeovertheworld):
Islam in a Nutshell
This, not the Chinese or the Russians represent the greatest threat to the world and might be the fulfillment of the book of Revelation in the Holy Bible.
Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat
Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.
Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.
When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the
other components tend to creep in as well.Here’s how it works:
As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:
United States — Muslim 0.6%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1.8%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:
Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:
France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law.
The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings. . Any non-Muslim action offends Islam and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections in:
Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 15%After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian
churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:
Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and is on-going in:
Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 100%Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
‘Before I was nine, I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. — Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’
It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.
Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population. But their birth rates are higher than the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.
Well, boys and girls, today we are letting the fox guard the henhouse.
The wolves will be herding the sheep!NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, a devout Jew or a devout Protestant…? Just wondering.
Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions?
Doesn’t this make you feel safer already??That should make the United States much safer, huh!!
Was it not “Devout Muslim men” that flew planes into U.S. buildings only 10 years ago?
We must never forget this..
Was it not a Devout Muslim man who killed 13 at Fort Hood ? (He killed “From within” -don’t forget that).Also: This is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish. Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities. Can a good Muslim be a good American? This question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years. The following is his reply:
Theologically – no . . . Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon God of Arabia
Religiously – no. Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)(Koran)
Scripturally – no. Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.
Geographically – no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca , to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially – no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews..
Politically – no.Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America , the great Satan.
Domestically – no. Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34)
Intellectually – no. Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically – no. Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression.. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually – no. Because when we declare ‘one nation under God,’ the Christian’s God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The Quran’s 99 excellent names.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation. … Perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. – – – They obviously cannot be both ‘good’ Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish, it’s still the truth. You had better believe it. The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future. The religious war is bigger than we know or understand.
Can a Muslim be a good soldier???
Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at Ft. Hood and Killed 13. He is a good Muslim!!!
Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within.
SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
Even though some of the information is obviously dated, it is not outdated. I have yet to read anything from any reliable source (for example, their very own koran) that contradicts the information provided above.
And, as a student of history, do you all remember what happened forty years ago, and who claimed responsibility for it? Does Munich ring a bell? Bueller?
Bueller?
Chat ya later…
Thanks for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, and Wear Red on Fridays!
The following words are keyed to attract the attention of the DHS and the NSA – including the new “Spy Center” in Bluffdale, UT: Terrorism Al Qaeda (all spellings) Terror Attack Iraq Afghanistan Iran Pakistan Agro Environmental terrorist Eco terrorism Conventional weapon Target Weapons grade Dirty bomb Enriched Nuclear Chemical weapon Biological weapon Ammonium nitrate Improvised explosive device IED (Improvised Explosive Device) Abu Sayyaf Hamas FARC (Armed Revolutionary Forces Colombia) IRA (Irish Republican Army) ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna) Basque Separatists Hezbollah Tamil Tigers PLF (Palestine Liberation Front) PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) Car bomb Jihad Taliban Weapons cache Suicide bomber Suicide attack Suspicious substance AQAP (AL Qaeda Arabian Peninsula) AQIM (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) Yemen Pirates Extremism Somalia Nigeria Radicals Al-Shabaab Home grown Plot Nationalist Recruitment Fundamentalism Islamist Emergency Hurricane Tornado Twister Tsunami Earthquake Tremor Flood Storm Crest Temblor Extreme weather Forest fire Brush fire Ice Stranded/Stuck Help Hail Wildfire Tsunami Warning Center Magnitude Avalanche Typhoon Shelter-in-place Disaster Snow Blizzard Sleet Mud slide or Mudslide Erosion Power outage Brown out Warning Watch Lightening Aid Relief Closure Interstate Burst Emergency Broadcast System Cyber security Botnet DDOS (dedicated denial of service) Denial of service Malware Virus Trojan Keylogger Cyber Command 2600 Spammer Phishing Rootkit Phreaking Cain and abel Brute forcing Mysql injection Cyber attack Cyber terror Hacker China Conficker Worm Scammers Social media