Monthly Archives: June 2009
The Danger of Right Wing and Left Wing Extremism
“Let everyone regulate his conduct… by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.” William Wilberforce The past two weeks … Continue reading
Filed under History, Loose thoughts and musings, Politics
Saying Goodbye to a Shipmate…Fair Winds and Following Seas Senior Chief Branum
HMCS Pam Branum’s Rules: Rule 1: Take care of your sailors Rule 2: Accomplish the mission Rule 3: See Rule One Today we said goodbye to our fallen shipmate Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Pamela Branum. The ceremony took place in … Continue reading
Filed under Loose thoughts and musings, Military
Outlasting everyone else…The value of Longevity in One’s Chosen Vocation
Forward Observer 1982 “I want to stay around longer than the pitchers who were at the top when I came into the big leagues. I don’t want to be gone and have all the old guys — Seaver, Carlton, Ryan … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, Loose thoughts and musings, Military, philosophy
Everybody has a Pitch Count…Good Managers Know When You’ve Reached It
Everybody has a pitch count, be they a baseball pitcher or a military, police or critical care health provider. At some point one can push themselves so hard that they can injure themselves or if not that start making mental … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, ER's and Trauma, healthcare, Loose thoughts and musings, philosophy, PTSD
D-1 Bobbing About, We Made Too Many Wrong Mistakes and Thank God for Good Managers
June 5th 1944 should have been D-Day. Instead because of a ferocious storm that descended across the English Channel it was a day from hell on the seas for the assault troops embarked aboard troop transports, landing ships and landing … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, History, Loose thoughts and musings, Military, Navy Ships, PTSD
Mid-Week Review-The Loss of a Shipmate, Hospital Duty is Not Easy and No Rational Thought Goes Unpunished
Today has been tough, actually it began yesterday. We lost a dear shipmate this week. Hospital Corpsman Chief Pam Branum passed away while deployed on the USNS Comfort while on a humanitarian deployment. She was the Leading Chief Petty Officer … Continue reading
You Arrogant Ass, You have Killed Us! Randall Terry and the Destruction of the Pro-Life Movement
“You arrogant ass. You’ve killed us!” Andrei Bonovia, First Officer of Soviet Alpha Submarine Konovalov in The Hunt For Red October. I have few thoughts about the past few days. In the past several days we have seen a watershed … Continue reading
Filed under Loose thoughts and musings, philosophy, Politics, pro-life anti-abortion, Religion
Randall Terry and the Death of the Pro-Life Movement
Randall Terry continued his reckless campaign of self-promotion today following the murder of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas City. While continuing to refer to Tiller as a mass-murderer Terry spoke of the tactics that he believed were necessary for the … Continue reading
