Riding home in the truck I heard something on the radio about a shooting in Tucson, which is a long ways from here. But the shooting was extremely unusual in that one of the victims is a U. S. Congresswoman. Evidently she was hosting a public meeting of some sort and some guy came up and shoot her and then emptied his gun shooting everyone in the crowd. As soon as I got home I turned on the TV to [...]
I got this in an email today and after much thought I decided to go ahead and place it here on my blog. “Someone please tell me what the HELL’s wrong with all the people that run this country!!!!!! We’re “broke” & can’t help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,??????????? In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti, Chile, and Turkey. And now Pakistan…..home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!! Our retired seniors living on a [...]
Please pass this on!! On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn that would require all Members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan. It took me less than a minute to sign up to require our congressmen and senators to drink at the same trough! Three cheers for Congressman John Fleming of Louisiana ! Congressman John Fleming ( Louisiana physician) has proposed [...]
The United States Navy came to the rescue yesterday. Their highly trained snipers took care of business. Capt Phillips can now go home to his family. These modern high tech pirates have paid the price, but I’m sure this all isn’t over by any means, a lot more blood will be shed, I’m sure of that.
The issue of Homeland Security is a hot topic and one of a major concern. I was left a bit unsettled when last Sunday I heard on the radio that North Korea had just fired a rocket/missile over Japan. And then just yesterday an American citizen that was being held as hostage due to these crazy, high tech, modern day pirates, was finally released and lives have been lost with the military tactics that we had ready and available. New lines of [...]