Dear Jaspers,
702 (still stuck on this number) are active on the Distribute site.
This month, we had 162 views on 7/7 and 5505 over the last month.
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This issue is at: http://tinyurl.com/78zml
Which is another way of saying
http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050710.htm
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JULY 18 Jasper Cup - Yale, 29 Capital District - Day at the Races |
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July 30-31 The Manahttan College
Jasper Dancers will be performing as part of the NBA's Rhythm N' Rims Tour on
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
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http://www.eastanglianambulance.com/content/news/newsdetail.asp?newsID=646104183 Help out in a crisis - with ICE Cambridge-based paramedic has launched a national campaign
with Vodafone to encourage people to store emergency contact details in their
Bob Brotchie, a clinical team leader for the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust, hatched the plan last year after struggling to get contact details from shocked or injured patients. By entering the acronym ICE – for In Case of Emergency –
into the GREAT IDEA In everyone’s “stuff” (cell phone OR pda OR computer), everyone should have a ICE entry. Easy to do. Hope you never need it. Invaluable if you do! |
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http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/3736014?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=209 26-year-old boxer dies in Las Vegas <extraneous deleted> Sanchez was knocked out at 2:09 of the ninth round Friday night by a straight right in a bout at The Orleans. He had been bleeding from the nose and mouth but did not appear seriously injured as he left the ring. <end quote> Do we value life so little that we have to see people killed? As a libertarian, it’s his life and he can spend it any way he wants. AND, people have a right to defend themselves. AND, people have a right to engage in all sorts of risky behaviors. AND, boxing does have a place in teaching us to defend ourselves physically. AND children should have physical training in martial arts since it’s a dangerous world out there filled with two and four legged preditors. BUT, we also have a right to ignore such performances. When we express even tacit support that people should be licensed by the STATE and then beaten to death for the profit of the STATE – don’t forget the ticket tax – then we are to blame. When each one of us doesn’t appeal to the politicians of all levels to eliminate the STATE’s participation, we are to blame. When we don’t heap scorn upon the viewers, participants, and profiteers from this type of activity, then we are to blame. Why is Mike Tyson a celebrity? We have to monitor the examples we elevate. As said, there is a place for boxing. For the
demonstration of physical prowess. So here’s my plan. NEGATIVE SIDE: Letters to politicians, regulators, and newpapers. Don’t watch unsafe sports on TV. Don’t patronize the advertisers of such. Notify the TV and advertisers of such decisions. POSITIVE SIDE: Ditto the letters. Look for programs with positive physical education messages, positive mental challenges, and / or “moral” values. Notify TV and advertisers of those programs. I would suggest that each one of us as Jaspers have a similar sensitivity. I don’t want to effeminze sports. A little bloodshed isn’t cruelty. Properly contexted we don’t risk becoming the Roman mob at our circus. We need to see more marathons – man against himself and the environment. We need to see more gymnastic floor exercises. We need good examples, not reports of people being beaten to death. |
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and
every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief" John
reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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The July 3, 2005 Sunday Late Edition - Final SECTION: Section 9; Column 1; Society Desk; WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Pg. 13 HEADLINE: Candice Werner, Michael Grella Candice Elizabeth Werner, the daughter of Barbara F.
Werner of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and Steven Werner of Pleasantville, N.Y.,
was married on Friday evening to Michael Philip Grella,
a son of Marilyn L. Grella and Judge Philip M. Grella of Merrick, N.Y. The Rev. William J. Wallace, a
Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony at Immaculate Heart of Mary
Church in Mrs. Grella, 27, is the
assistant principal of Mr. Grella, 33, works in the
state and local tax practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting firm
in LOAD-DATE: July 3, 2005 [MCalumDB: Elizabeth 2001; Barbara 1970 may be a coincidence! ] |
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[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow
departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t assume
that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t
makes it’s way in.
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Newsday ( <extraneous deleted> ROGERS-John M., of Old <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: July 1, 2005 [MCalumDB: 1951?] |
[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These
are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not
really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends
seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact
with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in.
This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by
"outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative
updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources
that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old
friends or "youngsters" that someone they maybe interested in has
“drifted off”. Yet another benefit of freeing up time trying
to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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06/30/2005 Michael McGovern appointed to Westport Board of Education By:Meg Learson Grosso , Staff Writer In a brief, seemingly well-scripted meeting, the Westport Board of Education on Tuesday formally accepted the resignation of school board member Lewis Brey voted on board member Jim Marpe to replace Brey as secretary of the board, and then voted to appoint Michael McGovern to fill the approximately 30 months remaining in Brey's term. All votes were unanimous except that Marpe abstained from voting for himself as secretary. Mark Mathias was absent. Linda Merk-Gould and Marpe were the only Republicans left on the board after Brey's resignation. Merk-Gould nominated her fellow party member as secretary, saying that he had become involved with the issues in the short time that he had been on the board (since March 21). Board chairperson Mary Parmelee said she agreed with Merk-Gould and said that Marpe's dedication was shown by his attendence not only at all board meetings, but at PTA meetings, negotiations with the custodial union, and science symposiums. She said "I would be pleased to have you as secretary." The vote was taken. Democrat Steve Halstead then moved that Michael McGovern be appointed to fill Brey's remaining term. He said, "I believe we are fortunate to have so many capable people in local government. When we interviewed him, I got a true sense of compassion for education and [thought that he had] a depth of experience and capability in organization and otherwise." Merk-Gould agreed, saying she
thought that his experience with education in McGovern thanked the board for their "kind words," saying, "I understand that you put a great deal of thought and seriousness [into your deliberations] and I look forward to living up to your expectations. It's a great honor for me to get involved." McGovern will formally become a member on July 1. There are no school board meetings scheduled between now and then. There may be a meeting in July to vote on custodial negotiations and on accepting fields of artificial turf as a gift. The newest member of the Board of Education has at least
four good reasons for wanting to take on the responsibility. His children are
14, 11, 8, and 3 years old, so, as he admitted, he will have a personal
interest in When McGovern's office moved from the Wall Street area to
mid-town, commuting to McGovern worked for 18 years for JP Morgan/Chase and its predecessors in the investment banking field, but has been retired for the last two years. He told reporters that he had been thinking about ways to get more involved with the community and when he heard last winter that Mark Owades was retiring, he decided that serving on the school board might be a good way to do that. However, he didn't realize that he had to be vetted by the Republican Town Committee first. This time, he knew. He is currently on the Board of Trustees of Regis High
School, his alma mater. Regis is an all-scholarship Jesuit boys' high school
in He attended Asked by reporters what he thought were the major issues facing the school board, he mentioned special education as the "third rail" for the board. Other than that obvious one, he said he would rather wait until he is part of the board to decide what the bigger issues are. Next fall, McGovern's children will attend Staples and the two Coleytown schools. ### [MCalumDB: 1984? ] |
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AFX News Limited THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS The Management Board of Prokom
Software S.A. informs, that: On June 30th 2005 the Annual Shareholders
Meeting of Prokom Software SA appointed the
Supervisory Board of the 5th term of office the following persons: The appointed members fulfill the independence criteria described in the par. 18.1.3 of the Company's statutes. The resolutions on appointment of the above mentioned members will come into force after the registration of the changes in the Company's statutes passed by the Annual Shareholders Meeting. Moreover, according to the par. 18.1.1 of the Company's statutes Mr. Ryszard Krauze put on the statement regarding appointment of Mrs. Irena Krauze to act as a Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the 5th term of office, and Prokom Investments SA put on the statement regarding appointment of Mr. Leszek Starosta to act as a Member of the Supervisory Board. Both statements will come into force after the registration of the changes in the Company's statutes passed by the Annual Shareholders Meeting. <extraneous deleted> Dr. Bo Denysyk, age 58 He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the Union Institute/Virginia Polytechnic Institute, a MS form the Telecommunications, international market development, governmental relations, information technology and trade policy are areas in which Dr. Bo Denysyk has developed notable expertise. His breadth of experience, however, spans more than 35 years and includes in-depth knowledge of large IT project development and management, international trade, strategic planning for high technology and defense companies, trade policy, technology transfer, and related matters. At present Mr. Bo Denysyk acts
as a President and Chief Executive Officer, Global USA, Inc. with the seat in
Washington. His clients have included companies such as Hitachi Ltd., Texas
Instruments, Lockheed-Martin, Kyocera Corp., IBM, Philips Electronics, NTT,
SBC Communications, Verizon, Hyundai, the
Government of Japan, the Government of In the late-1970's, Dr. Denysyk
served as an executive with the defense/intelligence support company,
EG&G, Inc. During the 1970's he worked with the US Navy as an
intelligence analyst and certain field responsibilities. In 1980's, Dr. Denysyk served as Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration of the Department of Commerce, where he administered US export
laws governing products controlled for national security reasons, foreign
policy nuclear, and short-supply (petroleum). He also served in the White
House as an Assistant US National Security Advisor to President Reagan. In
late 1980', acted as a Vice President for the IBM Corporation, Dr. Denysyk was responsible for large integrated office and
industrial networks representing $250 million in business for IBM. He also
managed certain projects for the Intelligence Community. He was also with IBM
in a management position. Dr. Denysyk also has
extensive political experience, including service as campaign manager for the
1984 and 1992 Presidential Campaigns for the State of Dr. Denysyk has been a member of the Defense Science Board of the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Committee. He has appeared often as an expert in international business matters on broadcast television and given speeches before hundreds of audiences. Mr. Bo Denysyk does not conduct any activity outside of Prokom Software S.A. and is not a partner in any competitive partnership nor a member of the governing body of a capital company nor a member of any other competitive legal person's body. He does not appear in the Insolvent Debtors' Register, kept according to the Polish National Court Register Act. June 30th 2005 Krzysztof Wilski LOAD-DATE: July 2, 2005 [MCalumDB: Bohdan Denysyk (1968) ] |
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Business Wire Prudential Mortgage Capital
Company today announced that it has hired James F. Neidinger
to serve as a new generalist loan originator for its Midwest Regional Office
in <extraneous deleted> Kempton, the new FHA-originator,
is a director, continuing the expansion of Prudential Huntoon
Paige's new Kempton has a bachelor's degree in
biochemistry from Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, a national full-service, commercial and multifamily mortgage finance business, originates loans for Fannie Mae DUS(TM) financing and FHA-insured programs, the capital markets, Prudential's general account, and other institutional investors. The company, with $46.4 billion in assets under management and administration as of March 31, 2005, offers fixed and floating rate loans; mezzanine, structured financing and interim/bridge lending; affordable housing loans and forward commitments. For more information, visit www.prudential.com/mortgagecapital. Prudential Financial companies,
with approximately $496 billion in total assets under management as of March
31, 2005, serve individual and institutional customers worldwide and include
The Prudential Insurance Company of CONTACT: Prudential Financial, Inc. Theresa Miller, 973-802-7455 URL: http://www.businesswire.com LOAD-DATE: July 1, 2005 [MCalumDB: 1996 ] |
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The Post-Standard ( <extraneous deleted> Graduates The following area residents have graduated from their
respective colleges and universities: <extraneous deleted> <extraneous deleted> LOAD-DATE: July 1, 2005 |
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http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/7/emw256969.htm 2005 Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship Recipients Announced The 2005 recipients of the Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship, the nation’s only college scholarship program for skateboarders, have been selected. The scholarships are awarded to students who have been activists for skateboarding in their communities. (PRWEB) July 1, 2005 -- The 2005 recipients of the Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship, the nation’s only college scholarship program for skateboarders, have been selected. The scholarships are awarded to students who have been activists for skateboarding in their communities. <extraneous deleted> $1000 scholarship to Sean Neafsey
presented by the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC). He
will attend Manhattan College-Engineering School and major in Environmental
Engineering. Sean was instrumental in the creation of the public skatepark at <extraneous deleted> Contact: ### |
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The Journal News ( <extraneous deleted> KELTON CUMBERBATCH, SAUNDERS 400 hurdles Senior Cumberbatch, who received a
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The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to
attend one of these games and support "our" team.
Date Day Sport Opponent Location Time/Result
No more data has been loaded.
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any
reports or photos. What else do us old alums have to
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MEN'S SOCCER ANNOUNCES 2005 RECRUITING CLASS Riverdale, NY (July 5, 2005)– First-year Manhattan College men's soccer head coach Michael Swanwick announced today that nine recruits are set to join the Jaspers for the 2005 fall season. |
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WINGATE HELPS LEAD NIT ALL-STARS TO PERFECT 7-0 RECORD Riverdale NY (July 5, 2005)- Rising senior point guard Jason Wingate helped lead the NIT All-Star team to a perfect 7-0 record on its trip to England and Ireland. Wingate averaged 9.3 points and 7.1 assists per game. |
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GONZALEZ TO HELP BREAK DOWN NBA DRAFT FOR MSG |
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ANNE STAUDT NAMED TO IWLCA NATIONAL HONOR ROLL |
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MEN'S TENNIS RECEIVES REGIONAL RANKING Riverdale, NY (June 27, 2005)- The men's tennis team, which won its second straight MAAC title and advanced to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament, received a final Northeast Region ranking of 13, it was released recently by the ITA |
[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at
least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports
stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so for brevity’s sake I will
not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and
NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]
http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/
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From: "Frank Orawiec" John, You never cease to amaze me! Thanks for the work and effort you put in to keep your fellow Jaspers and "ingineers" up to date on each other and our Alma Mater. Frank Orawiec, BEE '64 === From: Reinke(nsteinian monster)
[From a dedicated email address used for all Jasper activities] Frank, Thanks for the kind words. I wish I felt "amazing". Last week's poor participation makes me wonder. Then I get emails like yours and I am energized for another week. I keep trying to think of new and different ways to collect attract and energize our fellow alums. I know that there is a tremendous pool of potential out there. If we can just tap into it, give it a place to focus, and aim it at the "problem space" then it's all worthwhile. I'm not sure that I am doing the "correct things" to make it all happen. So what are you doing with yourself in life after MER? Any tips for those us a few years away. I'm trying to develop some strategies to deal with it. I have always had the vision of "working" until they carry me out. Given the age discrimination in the workplace, it will be hard to stay earning. So, I have to come up with other strategies. Any way, thanks for the kind words, === From: "Frank Orawiec" John, Retirement is a good thing! I'm catching up on jobs around the house,
playing a lot of golf and spending more time with my 2 grandchildren. I will also continue to teach at I have been planning for this event for the last 5 years or so by setting up my portfolio to generate tax free fixed income and dividend income. I only have to span 4 years or so to start getting Social Security early (if it's still there) and our portfolio is in a healthy place. I am taking it a day at a time but enjoying it very much. The best part of retirement is not having to worry about going back to work after a holiday weekend (or any weekend). Keep up your great efforts. It is appreciated. Frank === [JR: Yup, I’ll be working til I’m a grazillion. The only portfolio I’ll ever have is the one I put my resume in. ;-) Notice that he didn’t volunteer to to join the editorial staff. ;-) Not that I blame him.] |
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resume - Joseph Kroculick Goal - Provide technical leadership in the areas of requirements analysis, gathering, engineering, and management. Career Summary - Professional experience gathering, managing, and writing system requirements. - Systems integration skills including integrating concurrent recovery processes associated with many networking technologies. Presented at conferences provisioning techniques to make all network devices in a multilayer network cooperate during a fiber cut. - Three Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Management, and one Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. - Willing to relocate internationally. Education Doctor of Philosophy in progress, Computer Science,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Engineering Management, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Computer Science, Stevens Institute
of Technology, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Bachelor in Engineering in Electrical Engineering, |
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http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/msg/4f42f69a8f470506 OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER...A WHOLE By: Phil Brennan The other night Ann Coulter asked my boss, Chris Ruddy how old I am. That got me thinking that since late next week I'll be having a birthday, it might be instructive to recall not how old I am chronologically, but how old I am to be able to remember a whole lot of stuff. My friend Michael Reagan, no spring chicken himself, was kind enough the other day to tell me that I am as old as dirt, and suggested that I had been around long enough to have been baptized by John the Baptist. That's not quite true, but I have been around long enough to remember what the majority of Americans regard as ancient history, if they know anything about it at all. I'm old enough to remember that my paternal grandfather
was born in 1850 and enrolled in I am old enough to remember that my maternal grandmother,
born in Brooklyn in the 1850s, lived long to tell me how a neighbor's son had
run across her front lawn shouting that I am old enough to remember that her oldest daughter, my aunt Day was born in the year that George Armstrong Custer was killed at the Little Big Horn and I'm old enough to have known an old soldier who had served with men who had served at one time or another with Custer. I am old enough to remember going to Decoration Day (now called Memorial Day) parades and seeing a number of Union Army veterans riding on open limousines and still hearty enough to wave to the crowds. I am old enough to remember hearing my maternal
grandmother recall the early days of her marriage when she lived in post-war We treated the defeated populations of I am also old enough to remember the times when I am old enough to remember that most people lived where their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents lived. Families were close knit. Kids knew and saw their grandparents and their uncles and aunts and cousins all the time. As a result we had a genuine sense of who we were and who we came from and above all, what our heritage imposed on us - what was expected of us, which was what our parents expected of themselves. I am old enough to remember that we were taught to respect our elders even those that didn't deserve an ounce of respect. They were our elders, and one respected one's elders - that was it. We never, never called our parents' friends by their first names - they were always Mr. and Mrs. (never, thank God, that barbaric innovation of our times - Ms. - in those days ms. meant manuscript"). If they were really close friends they became honorable uncles and aunts. We were respectful to our parents, even when we reached the age when we were convinced that they were hopelessly behind the times and had no idea of what it was all about, and of course well before the age when we realized that they really did know what they were talking about, and far more, after all. I am old enough to remember that we kids wanted only to be what our parents were, to have what they had, and do what they did and enjoy the things they enjoyed. And to live good and decent lives as they lived. I am old enough to remember how we cherished the simple things, which are always the best things, and would have reacted in horror at the sordid decadence that passes today as everyday recreation and enjoyment - wallowing in the slime of the sexual pigsty where one can be and do whatever one feels one wants to be or do, no matter how revolting the resulting behavior. I am old enough to remember where actions had consequences - you paid for what you did with no excuses that allowed you to blame your misdeeds on your genes or something that happened to you when you were an impressionable child - when crimes were crimes and not "mistakes" and when there were things that were evil by their very nature and were recognized as such. I am old enough to remember that when things were not broken, nobody tried to get the government to fix them, and when it was understood that people were responsible for their own actions and their own welfare unless they were absolutely incapable of taking care of themselves - and it was then incumbent on their families or their neighbors or their churches to see to their needs. Government, with its meddling and usually incompetent ways was seen only as a last resort. I am old enough to remember that we knew that history - and our religious faith - taught us that the way to make a better world was not by some coercive government spending program or socialist scheme or globalist fantasy, but by making ourselves better. Good begets good. As Richard Burton once remarked in an otherwise perfectly awful movie "You can't do good unless you can be good," I am old enough to remember - and mourn - the glorious Latin Mass, it's solemnity and mystery that helped you rise above your mundane self and the world around you, and elevate your mind and heart in the quiet majesty of Gregorian chant. It took you out of the day-to-day world and gave you a glimpse of what could be and what was to come. It made you realize that, in the words of the song, if you allowed it to happen, you were being made more than you could be." It was a solemn celebration, presided over by an ordained priest who did all the work on your behalf, leaving you to submerge yourself in the Divine mystery of the Eucharist. Since then, what was not broken, was "fixed" and the result has been organized chaos and a rush for the exits. I am old enough to remember that children were taught history and knew and deeply admired most of what could be known about George Washington and the Founding Fathers, their heroism, and their brilliance and foresight in constructing a government designed to reflect the will of the people while restricting both the excesses of their aroused passions and the power of the government they established. I am old enough to remember when it was taken for granted that this nation was based on the 2000 year-old principles of Christianity upon which Western civilization itself was based, and on the understanding that mankind is never on its own, but subject at all times to the Divine will as expressed most clearly in the Ten Commandments and in Holy Scripture. The idea that the Founding Fathers meant to denigrate religion and ban it from the public square would have been considered the idiocy that it indeed is. In those days we took the Constitution to mean what it said: that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; in other words that the federal government could not establish a state religion a la Britain's state established Anglican Church, nor prohibit the practice of religion in or out of the public square. There was not one word about a "wall of separation between church and state." I am old enough to remember that agree or disagree with the government's decision to go to war, once in a war you backed your country to the hilt. You respected those fighting the war and in harm's way, would have tarred and feathered anyone who dared to call them baby killers and worse, and would have banished to the outer darkness a United States Senator who compared them to blood-thirsty tyrants. I am old enough to remember that at the outbreak of World War II, youngsters yearned to be old enough to serve in the military and go into harm's way to serve their nation in a time of peril. I am old enough to remember the long lines in front of the recruiting stations after Pearl Harbor as millions of young Americans sought to commit their lives to the service of their nation, and the frustration I endured until I reached the magic age of 17 in 1943 and the Marine Corps was rash enough to take me in and endeavor to make a man out of a spoiled brat. And I'm old enough to remember that in the darkest days of World War II, when the casualty figures in such monumental battles as Tarawa and Normandy and Iwo Jima soared to numbers so high the normal mind could not deal with their reality, and that the normal time overseas for our troops was a long 36 months, there were no calls for giving up the struggle - just grim determination to see the thing through to a victorious conclusion. Americans after all, won all their wars; losing was unthinkable. I am old enough to remember when Americans looked forward to the future with hope and determination to shape it into what we wanted it to be - we glimpsed that shining city on the hill Ronald Reagan spoke about, and we were determine to reach it. The future was in our hands and we were confident we could make it what we believed it could be. We did not feel the anguish and dread most Americans experience today when envisioning our Nation's future. Oh, in case you are wondering - a week from Friday, on July 8, 2005, I will be 79 and, thus entering my 80th year in this vale of tears. Deo Gratias "Published originally at EtherZone.com : republication allowed with this notice and hyperlink intact." |
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Anybody see Penn and Teller on Showtime with their examination of the Gun issue? While the Revolutionary Was reenactors
and the ersatz Gerorge They did skip over the meaning of “well regulated” in Colonial times. Basically, it meant hitting what you aimed at on a regular basis. Remember in those days a misaimed gun meant your family didn’t eat until you figured it out. The parts with the young Texas legislator, who’s parents were gunned down in front of her, while her weapon was – as required by law – safely stored in her truck outside, was very moving. But, all in all, they did a good job of hitting the high points: Good guys obey laws; bad guys don’t. So gun laws don’t work. Guns equalize the crime scene for women. Guns are the ultimate check and balance of tyrannical Government and bad politicians (an oxymoron?). So if you haven’t seen it, seek it out. |
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA.