While I applaud the President’s wish to secure the southern border…I think that deploying National Guard troops is a really poor choice of methods. They aren’t policemen, have no arrest powers and are not properly trained nor equipped for the job.

Having said that, they must be effective, as a whole slew of Hispanic advocacy groups are up in arms….The cries are loud that this won’t work, that it is not needed and, of course, “Racism”>

Which, in my opinion, shows where the loyalties lie….Race over country.

Who, exactly, is racist?

‘Cause if you make my hobbies illegal in your jurisdiction, then you are, in effect, chasing me out of my home.

Deerfield Village Board unanimously votes to ban some semi-automatic weapons.

Seems to me that since they were legal before, and there is no “Grandfather” clause, then you’d have to properly compensate.

And there is, of course, the “Exemption for Law Enforcement and Retired Law Enforcement”…What ever happened to “equal under the law”? What makes law enforcement special they they are exempted from the law? 

Then I must be a friggin GENIUS….or better:

Highly intelligent people stay up late, SWEAR A LOT, live a cluttered lifestyle.

Guilty on all counts. But I’m not all that intelligent, really.  

And now, my thinking is cleaner.

I finally got things more or less correct as far as Short Field landings. Yes, it has taken me a long time to get there. Once I did, it was fairly simple…..Airspeed, pitch and power. Yes, I know, we are all taught that. Yes, I know…..and it is just that simple. Getting it to mesh was difficult. And now, all my landings are much better…But my short fields in particular, have suddenly increased in quality.

I was reminded, clear as a bell, of a quote that I had heard from Steve Jobs. It came to me, literally, on the climbout.

“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”. 

Germany must think twice before agreeing to any new maritime missions with NATO, the European Union or the United Nations, according to the parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces, Hans-Peter Bartels.


“The navy will soon run out of operational ships,” the Social Democrat (SPD) politician told the paper.

Deutschland has been skimping on their military for many years, diverting those funds to “Social Programs” and, essentially, hiding behind the skirts of NATO (which means, essentially, the US).

It’s easy to have a socialist paradise when someone else is paying for the defense of your nation, isn’t it?

I keep telling folks this when they tell me all about how European nations hare so much
better, with so many benefits that the US just doesn’t have…..


Now the buzzards are coming home to roost. 


Germany can’t field a complete platoon of tanks, nor a complete squadron of fighters. Now their Navy is suffering the same fate. 


For all intents and purposes, they are defenseless, were it not for the support of the US and a few other countries via NATO. 

Students walk out in SUPPORT of Second Amendment. 

20 minute protest. 75 students. Yet not a word from CNN or the Big Three. 

The film -2001: A Space Odyssey, debuted at theaters across the US.

How to download a copy of everything Google knows about you.

Since I’ve turned everything off for years, It wasn’t as much as I expected, but still, more than you might think.

I strongly doubt that this is all that Google knows about me, but it was interesting to see what they admit, anyway.

Remember this before searching for “Drunk Clown Midget Strippers on Meth”.

This should increase tourist traffic throughout the park:

Homegrown Spaghetti: