Vassar Bushmills We began this conversation a couple of weeks ago, when we pointed out that 90% of Americans have invested none of their own skin in this game that is called “Keeping America Alive.” Even my generation, the last to know the military draft, which was never natural to the American [Read More]
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass.Let me work. – Carl Sandburg One hundred and fifty five years ago today, brave men fought in and around a small town called Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to determine whether the [Read More]
Tommy Robinson has been given a death sentence. He was originally jailed in the relative safety of Hull prison. He was then moved to Onley prison with no notice to Robinson’s solicitor or his family. Onley, which is near Birmingham is a notoriously violent prison. It is over 70 per cent [Read More]
Today is Flag Day and the U. S. Army’s 243rd birthday. Happy Flag Day, America. Happy 243rd Birthday to the @USArmy! Thank you for your bravery, sacrifices, and dedication to the U.S.A. We love you! pic.twitter.com/XlQYstu3Vo — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 14, 2018 Happy Birthday, 243 to the [Read More]
Vassar Bushmills This is a theme with us at VeteransTales.0rg. When more veterans with skin in the game have checked in, this will be a running topic, and within two years, a working project on the ground. (Check our Mission statement for the longer game.) At the heart of this inquiry is hearing from veterans about [Read More]
Tens of thousands of Brits attended a demonstration in London to free Tommy Robinson yesterday and it was not your typical demonstration. These people were energized and angry. Here’s is Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who addressed the crowd: Here’s what the crowd looked like outside Number 10 Downing Street, the [Read More]
It’s Memorial Day…let us all never forget the men and women who gave their lives so that we might enjoy ours in freedom: My thanks to Laura Rambeau Lee for the above… And a reminder…many of our fallen heroes never made it home, but lie in the foreign lands where [Read More]
Vassar Bushmills So should we. Remember, in all the world’s history, the only men who ever gave up their lives for total strangers were Americans. That is the American beat, and it still goes on. BACHELORS” CORNER On Sundays, for over three years after my separation, I walked about a [Read More]
James Shaw, a real hero, seeing his opportunity, was able to rise above fear and doubt. Unlike most people, he acted, saving innumerable lives. One of my favorite books ever is Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, an interview an enterprising newspaper man had in 1905 with George Washington Plunkitt, a practitioner of [Read More]
Vassar Bushmills Posted slightly different at our Veterans site, VeteransTales.org, where I invite you to read and join the conversation.) My father was a WWII veteran, leaving college as a freshman after Pearl Harbor, enlisting, embarking for North Africa about the same time his daughter, my sister, was born, and [Read More]
Vassar Bushmills Ok, now come kick the tires at VeteransTales.org. We invite every veteran and child of a veteran to come visit and rummage through old letters and stored emails and photos and bring us some of the stories you recall from your tours, daddy or granddaddy’s, or from all those mothers, [Read More]
Vassar Bushmills I’m extra pleased to announce the launching of a new website, by veteran’s for veterans, called “Veteran’s’ Tales”. I’ve been fortunate to join with Allen Ness, US Army Paratrooper, Master Sergeant, Retired, and Dave Poff, aka Haystack from RedState.com fame, to form a new 501 (3) c website, [Read More]
Every week on Monday, the WoW! community and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: What Are Some Of Your Favorite Fictional Characters? Fausta Rodriguez Wertz : So many fictional characters [Read More]
In honor of those who rest at Arlington… “Rest easy, sleep well my brothers. Know the line has held, your job is done Rest easy, sleep well. Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held. Peace, peace and farewell….” With fond memories of Major Andrew Olmstead, one [Read More]
This Veterans Day, we honor of all who have served and have sacrificed for our freedoms. The world looks to you and the world stands in awe of you. It is because of you, that these United States of America, the land that I love, remains the land of the [Read More]
For a nation demonized in so many quarters, it’s amazing how often a tiny country like Israel is there when disaster hits. The latest instance was in Mexico City, which suffered a devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 149 people. Among other things, the killer quake exposed a [Read More]
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass.Let me work. – Carl Sandburg One hundred and fifty four years ago today, brave men fought in and around a small town in Pennsylvania to determine whether the Union would [Read More]
On this day, eighty years ago, the plane flown by Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, was reported missing in middle of the Pacific Ocean somewhere near Howland Island, at which point the U. S. Navy began their search. Report below: Today’s Document, National Archives “At 1100, 2 July, [Read More]
‘Wonder Woman’ is the epic story of a man, a woman, a dog and a piano. Okay, you can forget the part about the dog and the piano. I wrote that before I saw the movie. I’m going to try to do this without any spoilers, but let me start [Read More]
This footage of the events leading up to and around D-Day was a lucky find thanks to fellow blogger and WWII veteran, Mr. G. P. Cox of Pacific Paratrooper. The National Archives Unwritten Record Blog by Audrey Amidon Jack Lieb went to Europe in 1943 with two movie cameras: He [Read More]
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