Archive for the 'History' Category

More Regarding Positive Identification

I read on the news today that the NYPD was able to purchase three 100 pound cylinders of chlorine without identification of who was making the purchase.
…and you don’t think we need a National ID Card?
Package that with a few bags of fertilizer and a can of home heating oil and terrorists do not need […]

National ID Card

There seems to be a lot of concern about a National Identification Card.
I wonder why?
I have heard discussions that it will take away our privacy and our freedom. That it is the final step toward 666, the Mark of the Beast.
Consider where we are today. You must use your Social Security Number every time you […]

Polls, Politics and Pawns

This is a good time to talk about polls and their effect on the politics that shapes the lives of us poor pawns. It was about two months ago that I heard something on TV that made me wonder about the average person on the street. Remember, the average person is the one who votes […]

The War Chest

I am reading a very interesting book edited by Robert Cowley, “What if?: The World’s Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been“.
It is an anthology of essays that look into historic events which would have had drastic consequences for the way we live today if some small event had not happened.
Ignoring the entire point […]