When I only had one goal in life and it was this: Carrier Landing-Home Video – The best home videos are here I actually got some time in the S-3, both at the ship and flying cross country from Jax to Whidbey.
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Pat Buchanan-no friend to union labor-makes a great point: Be it BMW, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi or Hyundai, the South has become a sanctuary for foreign assembly plants, for which Southern states have been paying subsidies. Fine. But why this “Let-them-eat-cake!” coldness toward U.S. auto companies? General Motors employs
Continue readingA common sense woman……..
Camille Paglia…call your office. Its refreshing to see a woman understand what makes a man tick: When I meet a guy for the first time, I have no problem with his eyes wandering south for a second to check out my rack—that’s when I steal a glance at the little
Continue readingWeekends and my inner karma………
Yesterday we went to my company’s Christmas party. An OK affair-save for the fact that with one exception, none of us work in the same place-we simply have the distinction of having the same employer. Who in every case handles every thing related to our care and feeding in a
Continue readingVideo follies……..
Sometimes a video works (Warning this video is NSFW!): Link: And sometimes it doesn’t! The first video is a Danish commercial for washing machines that is actually quite funny-even with the nudity. ( And those are some really nice body parts!). The second video contained no nudity, had been reviewed,
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I did my part to save Ford last summer! H/T Spike!
Continue readingOdds and ends………..
Some different pictures from our trip. Suffice it to say I kept my eye out for something more than a little out of the ordinary. For example I stumbled across this dog, taking a drink from a fountain: But of course, there is always more to it.
Continue readingNot always what it seems……..
The appointment of Gen Shinseki to be VA Secretary that is. I have no doubt that he will do a good job as VA Secretary, but I’m not reading into it the same kind of political vindictiveness that most of the media has. There are several reasons for this. 1)
Continue readingOne guy who does not need to stay around…….
For the most part, I have been impressed with the cabinet appointments President Elect Obama has made. His more liberal supporters are disappointed he did not appoint Kool-aid drinkers, but by seeking to have a cabinet that is at the same time inclusive and broadly based, he showing that he
Continue readingSo what am I, chopped liver?
I mean, my dues to the association are paid up. The dues to the US Naval Institute are paid up, that it is. Yet, once again yours truly gets slighted-so that they can promote the work of some other semi-popular bloggers. Sounds to me, like they need someone to balance
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