Author Archives: AmendmentX

As I believe many of you know, I do a lot of work with WWII veterans via the 8th Air Force Historical Society MN Chapter. (By the way, we are the largest, continually meeting chapter in the world, every Wednesday, … Continue reading →

A couple of years back as I was watching Fox News on a Sunday morning before heading off to church, Liz Trotter came on. In her segment she was talking about the economic crisis, quantitative easing, stimulus, General Motors, etc. … Continue reading →

150 years ago today, as the Civil War was in its second year, here, in Minnesota, a small band of men who had been lied to, stolen from, cheated and deceived took desperate measures rather than see their wives and … Continue reading →

As I read and listen to the oral arguments before SCOTUS, I am reminded of something that occurred to me on the D.C. vs Heller decision in June 2008: That decision went 5-4 with Justice Kennedy again being the swing vote. But, … Continue reading →

I posted this in September, but the youtube link was pulled for I assume copyright infringement for the accompanying song after over 1,000,000 views.Anyhow, some enterprising poster re-posted with the same song. I have watched this video at least 100 … Continue reading →

I’ve heard many times in the past eight election cycles that “this is the most important election ever”. This time chicken little just may be right. A couple of times someone has mentioned, and last night Mitt Romney repeated that … Continue reading →

Grey’s Law “Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.” Explains why I loathe all the feel good “Even if it helps one person it’s worth it” et al acts meant to address the sob stories or the “we have … Continue reading →

I’ve been delinquent in writing about my WWII veteran friends. Very delinquent. Shame on me.In the past 4 months, I’ve lost 5 of my WWII veteran friends: Earl Joswick waist gunner, B-17, 8th Air Force, POW, survivor of the Long … Continue reading →

I’ve gone back and forth on the debt/deficit/disaster debate. It wasn’t going to pretty no matter what. I thought what might work would be forcing the issue by saying “NO” to any new ceiling and quoting then Senator Barack Obama … Continue reading →

From five years ago, my thoughts on our real heroes .