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Troubled by Events Here and Afar…But at Least I can Watch Baseball Tonight
Remnant of an Army I have had a hard time sleeping this week. There have been two things on my mind. One is the situation in Afghanistan which I think is much more dangerous than anyone wants to admit and … Continue reading
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52 Years: Musing on Life and Civil Rights in 2012
Trayvon Martin and Emmit Till Well about this time of night some 52 years ago my mom was deep into a very long day of labor at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland California. 52 years and it doesn’t really … Continue reading
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Remembering the Men of the Negro Leagues: Carl Long Appreciation Day
Carl Long Night: L-R James “Spot”King, Hubert “Big Daddy”Wooten, Dennis “Bose”Biddle and Carl Long at Historical Grainger Stadium Friday I had the privilege of being invited to spend a portion of the day a number of former Negro League players, … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, History, philosophy, Politics
My God what have we Come To?
There are times like today when I think I felt safer in Iraq In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under philosophy, Politics
Padre Steve a Marxist? Oh Please Give the Padre a Break
“You took a few well known history facts added some negroid glitz and glam, and arrogantly rest on your piss bucket of drivel as if you know something. You meinen Herr are a cretinous asshole of predictable disposition. I smell … Continue reading
Filed under philosophy, Politics
Tom Hanks on the Pacific War and the Impact of Race in the Pacific War
Anti US Japanese Propaganda This is my third installment of my series background for the new HBO series “The Pacific.” The producer of this series is actor and producer Tom Hanks. Hanks has also acted in “Saving Private Ryan” and … Continue reading
Filed under History, world war two in the pacific
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
