Cheney, Kinzinger Censured by RNC over Criticism of Trump – Associated Press I have been a Republican my entire life. I have worked on campaigns, run for political office, volunteered for the party, and even donated money. But I can no longer call myself a Republican. This week, the Republican…
Thoughts
As the Russian military continues to build up its forces on the Ukrainian border, the tension between Russia and the United States is escalating. Some experts say that this could be a sign of an impending invasion by Russia, while others believe that it is simply a show of force…
The other day, I went to the keyboard and composed a brief Facebook message to a group in which I participated. I wanted to find out an answer to a question that I couldn’t wrap my head around. Should we forgive student loan debt? Why would I ask such a…
I don’t believe in eating much Of turkey, punkin’ pie and such. It makes you dream bad dreams at night, An’ besides its not polite. Now I am not going to stuff and stuff An’ act like I can’t get enough. For me a turkey leg will do, A slice…
Last week I posted a brief overview of Lichtman’s 13-keys from his book Predicting the Next President: The Keys to the White House and applied them to today’s political landscape. From this assessment, Vice President Biden has a substantial lead. This week, my focus turned to battleground states and applying…
Yesterday I posted an article from The Atlantic and a video from The Lincoln Project on Facebook. Both made allegations of comments that President Trump has made concerning the military. I knew who would instantly comment that the story was total BS or #fakenews. Here is the deal. I grew…
I have been told that this is easy to armchair quarterback the response. Woulda, coulda, shoulda are easy ways to look at an event and rationalize how you would have reacted. This analysis was simply taking the plan, the one that we developed for this situation, and laying out and…
Within hours of Captain Crozier’s letter to the Pentagon hitting the San Francisco Chronicle, my Facebook feed lit up with the armchair Admiralty holding court and determining the fate of the Captain, the Navy, and the Administration. As a former Sailor and Soldier (I served in two branches of the…
Last night I was able to go to a “Onboarding” event for a new FSO arrival in Pretoria. Great event, lots of interesting people and discussions. I was asked, after being here in South Africa for two weeks, what was my big take away? After thinking for a moment, the…