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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Who Remembers Sherri Finkbein?
Back in 1962… For those of you to young to remember: The BBC Reported: “1962: Abortion mother returns home An American mother-of-four is on her way home amid a storm of controversy after being given a legal abortion in Sweden. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1962, abortion, Arizona, BBC, before Roe v. Wade, choice, history, severe birth defects, Sherri Finkbein, Sweden, thalidomide
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And Now Isla Vista
And now Isla Vista. After, Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora and Newtown. Six young people, between 19 and 22 years old, gunned down by a mentally ill young man who had absolutely no problem buying three semi-automatic hand guns and 400 … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora, availability of guns, background checks, columbine, guns, isla vista, lack of empathy, mass murder, media, newtown, NRA, porn, societal illness., videos games, violence, virginia tech
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War and Conscription
“Few probably recall the name Dwight Elliott Stone. But even if his name has faded from the national memory, the man remains historically significant. That’s because on June 30, 1973, the 24-year-old plumber’s apprentice became the last American forced into … Continue reading
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Tagged citizen soldier, conscription, disconnect, draftees, imperial Presidency, memorial day, Nixon, peace movement, perpetual war, protest, vietnam, volunteers, war
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In Memory of A President’s Son
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. In memory of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Normandy June 6, 1944. Citation: “for gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond … Continue reading
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Paranoid? Who Is Reading You?
NSA Headquarters – Fort Meade, Maryland Have you ever wondered who is reading you? Maybe you’re paranoid and think you are being “monitored?”. I mean, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that someone isn’t “monitoring” what you write. Right? I … Continue reading
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Tagged blog hits, blogging, fringe opinion, national security state, NSA, paranoia, writing
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Snitches
What makes one become a “whistle blower”? When does one begin to resist? This morning I was out on the lanai nursing my second cup of joe, musing about such things; recalling Sergeant Schultz of Hogan’s Heroes. “I know nothing! I … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-nazis, Beyonce, chelsea manning, Christoph Probst, complacency, ed snowden, FISA, Gestapo, good Germans, Graf von Moltke, Hans Scholl, Hogan's Heroes, JZ, Kreisau circle, My Lai, NSA, Patriot Act, resistance, Sgt. Schultz, snitches, Society of the White Rose, Solange, sophie scholl, whistle blowers, Willi Graf
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Mother and Son – A Repost for Mother’s Day
Mother and Son – 1980 . She sits beneath a massive oak in the Garden of Noble Women. Garden of the Promise for those who have borne the burden yet never heard the Word. . He never walked. He never fed … Continue reading
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Tagged blind, deaf, death, heaven, love, mother, poetry, profound disability, retardation, son, the word, wife
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An Old Man’s View of the Mommy Wars
Mitt Romney at Bain Capital – the “money shot” Some 55 years ago (yikes!) I got my first job on Wall Street. I was still a teen and would go to college later. I noticed something right away. There were … Continue reading
Sons – A Story of Choice and Triumph – Part 4 of 4
Michael The doctors spoke to them about a “degenerative disorder of the nervous system” and how infants with the disease seem perfectly normal at birth. The test for a definitive diagnosis could only be done at Albert Einstein Hospital in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, choice, daughters, disability, DPT vaccines, family, krabbe's, loss, love, North Carolina, seizures, tragedy, triumph
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