A little more about me....
Persons Attempting To Find a Motive in this Narrative will be Prosecuted;
Persons Attempting To Find a Moral In It Will be Banished;
Persons Attempting To Find a Plot In It Will be Shot.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHER, Per G.G., Chief of Ordnance.
Here in the Land of Lost Minds...namely S.Florida...It's been to HOT n HUMID the past few weeks...
The only time to be outside is in the morning when it's only about 80 deg.s F/80-85% HUMIDITY @ 8AM till about 10AM...Then It's stay in the AC...It starts to Cloud Up about 2PM with Showers or Down Pours.
It will GO on like this for a Few more Weeks...
Sometimes it just feels like your walking around HERE like this...
And you start thinking that it might be time for a long Cruise...
But then you Remember where You are....
At one time S.Florida was under Water...
I do miss the Change of the Seasons up North...I don't miss the Snow that much or the Spring....
But give Fall in New England all year long and I'll be Happy...
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I don't know if It's getting Old or just Feeling Old...But Today is my Oldest Son's Birthday...He was borne 43 years Ago...
I started Thinking about the Day leading up the Day he was Born...
I was in the US.Navy going to School @ Bainbridge, Md. and I had Hitchhiked Home on a Friday after School. It was about a 200 Mile one way trip...or about 4 to 6 hrs. Depending...
I don't remember much about that evening...I do remember that we (my wife his Mother) lived in a Small Apt. 3rd. Floor a few blocks from the Hospital...I remember his Mother waking me in the middle of the night n I called the Her Doctor...and he asked how far apart her contractions were...when I told him..he asked why we were still at Home(LOL)...He was an ex-Navy Doctor and he told that I had to be there for the laying of the Keel but I did not have to be there for the Launching...But I was and Glad to be there...
Well this Old Sailor
Will be Shipping Out on his Final Voyage....Soon; Very Soon!
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The Economy, The Border Mess and Bring Our Troops Home...
Listening to the News today about New Homes Built is UP...and Foreclosures are Down...But no one is Buying, the Banks own all the paper on the Foreclosures and the Loans for the New Home Building. Is there another Bank Bailout in the Future...?
Then we have Fl. Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz the Democratic National Committee Chairperson...
We've turned this economy around....Another Ding-Bat....Clueless.
The Democrats want us to Follow the 'Obama Buget Plan'....
I have the Feeling and HOPE that this will be a ONE term Presidency...
Now back to the Border Issue...It seem that even in between the 'WEINER' story's there are Still problems with Illegal entry across our Southern Border with Mexico and with the 'ATF' and other Fed agencies about the Selling of Guns to the Drug Cartels down there....Also with Illegals trying to Enter the Country here in Florida...We capture some and some get through...But we seem to be making some headway with ID cards to work...in some States.
Bring Our Troops Home...This is one of those Issues that one can Argue forever...It also goes hand in hand with the Economy...bringing the Troops Home to What...? There are NOT enough Jobs to Go Around Now...
The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150countries around the world...more than 369,000 of its 1,580,255(?stats from DOD 12/2010?)active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories.
Most of these overseas personnel are deployed in combat zones in the Middle east, the remainder are located at installations activated during the Cold War and Others are deployed as part of several peacekeeping missions.
I am all for having the STRONGEST Military in the World with the most Up-To Date Equipment...And Helping our Allies...But I do not Believe that we should be the Worlds Policeman...
So that is My Rant for Today...
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Where have you been all my life...I have always..well since the 7th Grade been an Avid Reader...At times when I was younger I would be Reading 2 or 3 books at the same time...Is it my Thirst for Knowledge or just a form of Escapism...in all probability both...but I found that I could Read on Many Subjects...I stayed mostly with 'Historical Fiction' some 'Science Fiction'...I enjoyed almost all the Classics. In School I had No problem doing so called 'Book Reports'...most of the time I would ask/tell the Teacher what I was Reading at the time...and do a 'Report' on that if they had read it...Then as I got Older out of School my Reading became Broader...Then came Computers and I kind of put my books to the side...And lost myself in Reading on Subjects that are of Interest to me...
Well I found that I could Read some of the Classics on Line for Free...
"Moby Dick"
Then I started too Look at 'E-Readers and what they Offered...
Being of fixed means I could not Afford an Expensive Device...
In searching the Different Offerings....
I Decided on the KOBO E-READER
It had a Price that was in the Range that I could Afford
They offered 100 books for FREE most of the Classics and a Good Price Range for other Books...
The First Book that I wanted to read was "BEOWULF"
The Reason for this was to see if I could get back too a Tough Read...also to see how the Hand held screen compared to Reading It on the Computer Monitor...
So I can Read at my Leisure on the Computer and if I am Traveling or just going down to the Pool...
I can take my Reading with me...
I have just Finished Reading an 'Old Friend Classic'..."The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"..
And now I am Reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
As I mentioned before that 'my Reading became Broader' in the Navy I Discovered
Erotica
NOT PORN.... but Classic Erotica
There are books out there that could be called just plane F**K BOOKS...
But there are some that the Prose and Poetry of Elizabethan England and France...
are but some of the Classic Erotica that is Available...One that I found, I first Read in 1966..
I am also Reading it Again...
"The Autobiography of a Flea" Let you mind Wonder on this One...LOL
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Interesting Word...Used as a Verb: to announce or praise in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it...to give information to the public about; announce publicly in a newspaper, on radio or television, etc.
Synonym
But also by "Leaking Information" on Someone or Something...
Back in the Days of yore, I thought of going into Advertising, I took a few Classes at a Local College Night School...
Received just enough Knowledge too be Dangerous...
I have come to understand that if you come up with a Great Idea...You will need a little Advertising in the beginning...then if your Idea, Product or Person is Good it will get Word of Mouth Advertising. This is the Best form of Advertising...
With all of the Media Hype using the TV and Inter-Net...the Act of Advertising is almost Instantaneous...
NOW
Some Advertisers try and Brow Beat you with repetitious Sayings or Slogans and Loud and sometimes Obnoxious Sales People...
These Ads and People are Easily recognizable...
Some of us here in America remember the 1980's with
'Crazy Eddie'
Some where along the line we Started seeing 'Infomercials' in the late 90's and after the turn of the Century...
Where they tell you all this Information and background...before Pitching the Product, Idea or Person...
Most of them are on Late at Night or Early Morning and may last from a Half an Hour to 58 minutes...
There are some good ones and Funny ones...
These are few and far between...most just make you want to Smash something into you TV...
Just had too mention the Sham Wow Ad...as one that made you want to do something unnatural to your TV...
Now we come Down to the 'Synonym': But also by "Leaking" Information on Someone or Something...
This has become a Political Form of Advertising...and It all comes out as NEWS...There are your Normal Forms of Political Advertising...with the Appropriate "I approve of this Message" that Politicians and Political Groups have to Pay for...LOL...
But most of the News (Advertising) comes about from Trusted Sources or undisclosed sources...
or people Close too...This where what I like to call the Smoke and Mirrors Ad's...That Lead you in One Direction Looking at what they(Spin Doctors) (who ever is leading the Deception)want you to look At...Wile there is something else is going on...
They lead you on with half Truths and disinformation...and wile you are digging for the Truth, They have Accomplished what they Wanted Originally...
It seems that the 'Spin Doctors' are the only Winners in this Game of News Broadcasting (Advertising)...They all seem to say that THEIR Message is the Only Truth....
The ONE who Loose is yours Truly...
Most people Want too Hear what their Politicians can do for them TODAY, this Week...
Not 5 or 10 years down the road...
OK that's the END of my Rant for the Weekend...(so far)
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OK, Kiddies explain this one to me...I am listening to a TV Host, he just had this bobble head Congress Woman on...and she said that if we get out of all wars right now and bring our troops home we will be cutting the Budget...(OK I will buy that) but in the same breath says that will create more Jobs...(?)
Now are you with me on this, if we were to bring all out Troops home the Branches of the Services will have to down size. Some of these troops will return to their Civilian Jobs that they left when units were called up...The workers that filled those jobs will be let go...to unemployment... Some of the servicemen and woman will go straight to unemployment having entered the service right out of school and there are NOT that many jobs out there anyway...
There are many Companies that are involved in WAR related Military projects...These companies will have to cut back...loss of JOBS....
WHERE IS THE LOGIC IN THIS
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