Our Thanksgiving Inflation DiscussionWith Uncle Joe was Interesting
Our crazy Uncle Joe showed up for Thanksgiving dinner this year with a teleprompter and inflation talking points.
History
Thanksgiving; A Fight For Our Existence
Thanksgiving reminds us of many things. It tells us of our history, our struggles, our achievements, our God.
The Disastrous Eclipse of American Power
Our insane, self-destructive behavior and our seemingly irreparable discord and acrimony are bringing America to her knees.
Floor 1776
Floor 1776; “They don’t know how hard it is to be free.” Yeonmi Park Hi, my name is Truth. I want to tell you a quick story about something amazing that happened to me recently. I was out walking around in Times Square, and the 2022 mid-term elections dominated the billboards. Faces and voices were all …
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 10
NRO FIA program struggles amid acquisition nuances and spiraling costs that wipe out a decade worth of promising technology programs from ~2004-2008 to pay the bill.
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 9
First 8 articles recap, Sputnik flies, U2 and SR-71 are developed, Corona project is the first space reconnaissance system, Doc’s space-time continuum is disrupted.
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 8
Digital imagery and digital signal processing become a “yuge deal,” the Army mans the DITB-DEMONS, and plans the TACIES System, later canceled by Richard Armitage leading to Desert Storm shortfalls.
Detroit, Michigan: Another Tale of Two Cities
Detroit, Michigan: Another Tale of Two Cities “Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.” ~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Greetings my fellow Americans! Maybe I should’ve written about this before the latest midterm election, perchance it would’ve made a difference. …
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 6
Clapper moves out on an Airborne Integration Plan; warfighter support is emphasized early on through tool investment, NIMA struggles to implement the plan.
If It Is Not Already Too Late
Looking at who decides what, in our own party, and not just passing it off on election fraud, the Republican Party, which I am still proudly a member of, needs to do the following: recruit leaders, get consistent messaging, be confident, but not presumptuous in predicting outcomes and keep our heads in the same …
Thank You and Farewell
With the wrap up of the Federalist Papers last week I will be taking a break from writing for this website. When I started this effort, I remember thinking to myself that this was an extended love letter to my country addressed to my children. I do not believe that I am reflexively patriotic. My …
Critical Thinking and International Relations Theory
Critical Thinking and International Relations Theory After the Colonial era, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the First Gulf War, many analysts proclaimed the world was getting safer and humanity was changing for the better. Francis Fukuyama argued this point. Samuel Huntington took a different perspective and argued a clash of civilizations would keep …
American Exceptionalism; Warnings From Our Founders
Our Founders built a country to be governed by its people with our rights guaranteed by God, not politicians. Attn Obama: It’s called American exceptionalism.
Veterans, It’s Time to Keep Your Oath
Veterans, It’s Time to Keep Your Oath. America Needs Its Veteran Population to Stand Up Now More Than Ever America is in danger. If the economic devastation and cultural decay over the decades is not enough, their acceleration under the Biden administration should concern all who value liberty. Add to this a dedicated plan to destroy …
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 4
NGA Director Lt Gen (USAF, Ret) James R. Clapper is fired by SECDEF Rumsfeld for not toeing the party line, USDI Cambone finesses moving a lot of agency funding over to the DNI/NIP while pressing the case that they should stay under DoD, the Murder of Tina Ricca has a ripple effect in the National Intelligence Community that leads to the discovery of the new NRO building and the firing of leadership
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 3
Secretary Rumsfeld’s USDI gambit, Clapper and Hagel face-off on Peloozi and Obama’s Sequestration follies that screw over civil service workers, NRO DIR Sapp is lied to much like former DIR Bruce Carlson, the Tina Ricca murder is a puzzlement to congress and Fairfax County reopens it as a cold case.
American Exceptionalism
American exceptionalism is a country created, and designed to be governed by its people with our rights guaranteed by God, not politicians.
The Battle for the Mind Amidst Meaningless Elections
I’m going to ask you to push yourself beyond all that you are and believe. I’m a staunch political conservative and I believe deeply in God, despite my fatal flaws. Every time I’m asked to look at something from another perspective, I learn to think more deeply about God and country and end up right …
The Fifth Amendment – Private Property Times Three
“The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not.” ~ Friedrich August von Hayek
Happy Reformation Day 2022
This is an update of an earlier celebration of Reformation Day, because what the Reformation means to America doesn’t get old. The years pass and the Reformation’s ideas that motivate humankind matter more than ever. Happy 2021 Reformation Day! 505 years on October 31, 1517 a wonkish, priest and professor posted 95 theses on the …