Archive for the 'War' Category

THIRD GRADE STRATEGY

Miss Smith enjoyed her job as a Third Grade teacher. The enthusiasm of the 8 year old’s made her work meaningful and exciting.
The one problem that she had though is that she was in a minority.
Her brother was a Marine on duty in Afghanistan. Her father had been a Marine in Vietnam and her grandfather [...]

The American Flag

 I want to remind every person living in the United States, legally or illegally, the following truth:
A ‘Veteran’ — whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve — is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The United States of America,’ for an amount of ‘up to, and [...]

Blessed Be the Slobs

For a number of years I have been going to the same resort in Jamaica. Quite a few years ago I met the man who picks up trash and plastic cups from the beach, arranges the beach lounges and chairs for the next day and then rakes the beach.
He’s a Rastafarian as is his father [...]

Identity Card Revisited

Although a National Identity Card is both a practical and absolute form of identification I have yet to find anyone who agrees with the concept.
Since I posted the previous article I have talked with a number of people and everyone feels that it would restrict their freedom.
The second concern is if there were such a [...]

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 [...]