Monthly Archives: August 2011
Elvis is still Dead and Michelle Bachmann wants to Wish Him a Happy Birthday…I can’t make this Up
Let’s all wish Elvis a Happy….uh maybe not http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTYg2Q-vDJ0 I can’t make up material like this I have a rather substantial article on the committee that is making proposals to gut the current military retirement system but want to take … Continue reading
Filed under Just for fun, music, Politics, purely humorous
Smaller than Life: The Thin Skinned, Petty, Small Minded and Visionless Political Elite and what we can do to Change the Political Culture
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not … Continue reading
Filed under History, leadership, Politics
New Look…Same Great Content
Today I changed the layout and color of the site background in response to a comment of a reader. I have been thinking about a redesign for a while and this was not the first reader to mention that the … Continue reading
Filed under Loose thoughts and musings
I Think I Feel a Sermon Coming On: Padre Steve Looks at the Corporate Church Leadership Model and Finds it Wanting
“When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ … Continue reading
Filed under christian life, faith, leadership, Pastoral Care, Religion
August 2007: My Beginnings in Iraq
I have had a lot of opportunity to reflect today. I woke up about 0430 in pain from my broken leg. I was in enough pain to warrant a Vicodin which was the second that I had had since going … Continue reading
Filed under Loose thoughts and musings
Break a Leg….Oh I Did….
“I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.” Henny Youngman People in theater wish each other good luck by saying “break a leg” before a performance. The phrase … Continue reading
Filed under healthcare
From the Sea: The Absolute Need of a Strong Navy, Merchant Marine, Coast Guard and Viable National Maritime Strategy
The USS Enterprise CV-6. Ordered in 1933 she was one of the most decorated and battle proven ships ever to fly the flag of the United States “A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest … Continue reading
Filed under national security, Navy Ships, US Navy
Silent Witnesses
“We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds; we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable … Continue reading
Filed under christian life, faith, History, philosophy, Politics, Religion
