Professional athletes play for money, big bucks, to dazzle the fans with their skill. So why is it that they have to be such ASSES?
These guys who "take the knee" rather than show respect for the flag of the country that gives them the chance to make the big bucks while at the same time thumbing their nose at the men and women who have died to protect their sorry lives make me sick!
Now those who are invited to the White House are saying they won't go because they don't like Trump. OK, don't go. Turn in your jersey and leave the game. As far as I am concerned you won't be missed!......Medicineman!
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Saturday, September 23, 2017
THE "VICTIM "
Being a veteran of the Korean War. (at least those who were there thought it was a war) I feel that I have the right to an opinion on the subject of "Victimology" that is sweeping our country today. Right along with everyone being a victim is intolerance.
I read someplace that about 28% of college students today know what is in the First Amendment to our Constitution, The Bill of Rights. What a pity. So on the campuses of our colleges and Universities the hoodlums run amuck, yelling and screaming and even beating up on those who are trying to practice their 1st Amendment rights.
If one thinks about the subject for very long it is easy to figure out that we are ALL victims in one way or another. When growing up not everyone was the first kid picked for the scrub baseball game. I was often the last. Did I think I was a victim? No! I was glad to get to play. If some bigger kid picked on me in school I found a way to take him behind the gym and fix the problem. If I couldn't handle him I got some help. But I wasn't a victim, just a participant.
Colleges have missed the boat by allowing it to go on. Too many "Safe Havens" and other ideas to appear to be doing something instead of confronting the trouble makers with force. A knock on the head or a kick in the seat of the pants and expulsion from school would help.
I may be too old for this world today but, let us not forget that for every action there is a reaction!....Medicineman!I
I read someplace that about 28% of college students today know what is in the First Amendment to our Constitution, The Bill of Rights. What a pity. So on the campuses of our colleges and Universities the hoodlums run amuck, yelling and screaming and even beating up on those who are trying to practice their 1st Amendment rights.
If one thinks about the subject for very long it is easy to figure out that we are ALL victims in one way or another. When growing up not everyone was the first kid picked for the scrub baseball game. I was often the last. Did I think I was a victim? No! I was glad to get to play. If some bigger kid picked on me in school I found a way to take him behind the gym and fix the problem. If I couldn't handle him I got some help. But I wasn't a victim, just a participant.
Colleges have missed the boat by allowing it to go on. Too many "Safe Havens" and other ideas to appear to be doing something instead of confronting the trouble makers with force. A knock on the head or a kick in the seat of the pants and expulsion from school would help.
I may be too old for this world today but, let us not forget that for every action there is a reaction!....Medicineman!I
Sunday, September 17, 2017
"A BRIDGE TOO FAR"
OPERATION MARKET GARDEN. This from original World War II Newsreels and field reports:
(September 17, 1944)
Some three and a half months after D-Day, British Field Marshall Montgomery has launched Operation Market Garden, with some 30,000 airborne troops parachuting into Holland. The objective of Monty's daring feat is to capture bridges over Dutch waterways, thereby allowing Allied forces to push deep into Germany.
A live broadcast from a B-17 carrying airborne troops: "Now we are over Holland and I'm going to move forward up to the pilot's compartment. The nine planes ahead of us have just dropped their contingent, the dome-shaped outlines of parachutes swaying gently against the morning sky.
You can probably hear the snap as our men check the lashing on the starting line. And here they go - one, two, three, seven, ten, fifteen - every man out of the plane and their chutes open."
From the 17th to the 25th, the raid was a failure.
Allied losses were 17,200. Germans- 9,500.........Medicineman!
(September 17, 1944)
Some three and a half months after D-Day, British Field Marshall Montgomery has launched Operation Market Garden, with some 30,000 airborne troops parachuting into Holland. The objective of Monty's daring feat is to capture bridges over Dutch waterways, thereby allowing Allied forces to push deep into Germany.
A live broadcast from a B-17 carrying airborne troops: "Now we are over Holland and I'm going to move forward up to the pilot's compartment. The nine planes ahead of us have just dropped their contingent, the dome-shaped outlines of parachutes swaying gently against the morning sky.
You can probably hear the snap as our men check the lashing on the starting line. And here they go - one, two, three, seven, ten, fifteen - every man out of the plane and their chutes open."
From the 17th to the 25th, the raid was a failure.
Allied losses were 17,200. Germans- 9,500.........Medicineman!
Saturday, September 2, 2017
JEREMIAH DENTON-NAVY TOUGH!
Jeremiah Denton was a Navy Pilot who spent 7 years and seven months as a P.O.W. in North Vietnam. Four of those years were spent in solitary confinement and was brutally treated and beaten many times, defying his captors time after time.
When released in 1973, he was the first off the plane and stepped off smiling and offered no complaints. From and article written by Fred Barnes, here is what Denton said, "We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our commander in chief and to our nation for this day. God bless America."........Medicineman!
When released in 1973, he was the first off the plane and stepped off smiling and offered no complaints. From and article written by Fred Barnes, here is what Denton said, "We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our commander in chief and to our nation for this day. God bless America."........Medicineman!
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
THE DRAFT!
The United States left Viet Nam in 1975 after spending our youth and dollars, a little at a time, and promptly put an end to the Draft. Oh, by the way, we won the war in Nam and lost it in the news papers.
But the point of this missive is to convey to all my belief in the "Draft", Universal Military Training, if you will. Since we, as a nation, did away with the Draft in favor of an all volunteer army look at what has happened to our youth.
So many of our young people have no discipline, no direction, no drive to succeed and no pride in self. I maintain that two years of service in the military will produce a much different citizen than we see on the streets of many of our cities today. The services instill a sense of pride in self and purpose in life.
There are many things they can do in service to their country that do not require them to carry a weapon. In the years of the "Great Depression", the 30's, the Civilian Conservation Corps, better known as the CCC was formed to clean up public parks, build camp sites, build roads and many other public facilities.
The point of all this is to teach our young people that there is more to life than just "hanging around" or "shooting a few baskets" or "snorting coke". What a waste!.....Medicineman!
But the point of this missive is to convey to all my belief in the "Draft", Universal Military Training, if you will. Since we, as a nation, did away with the Draft in favor of an all volunteer army look at what has happened to our youth.
So many of our young people have no discipline, no direction, no drive to succeed and no pride in self. I maintain that two years of service in the military will produce a much different citizen than we see on the streets of many of our cities today. The services instill a sense of pride in self and purpose in life.
There are many things they can do in service to their country that do not require them to carry a weapon. In the years of the "Great Depression", the 30's, the Civilian Conservation Corps, better known as the CCC was formed to clean up public parks, build camp sites, build roads and many other public facilities.
The point of all this is to teach our young people that there is more to life than just "hanging around" or "shooting a few baskets" or "snorting coke". What a waste!.....Medicineman!
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
1st AMMENDMENT TOOK ANOTHER HIT!
For several days now the President has been attacked by the networks journalists (so called) for what happened in Charlottesville even after he has made the same statement over and over.
Was it a bad thing that happened? Yes! Has he said so? Yes! Now let's see if we can make some sense out of it.
The city decided to move the statues. Some citizens thought it was a bad idea. A group made up of KKK, White Supermen and others who opposed the move got a permit to "Peacefully Assemble". Another group (who had no permit) confronted them in the street and the fight began. Oh, and by the way, that bunch carried clubs.
You may ask, "Where were the police?" Out manned, or something like that, was the excuse used to explain their actions (or lack of). The "Main stream" press missed most of what I just pointed out!....Medicineman!
Was it a bad thing that happened? Yes! Has he said so? Yes! Now let's see if we can make some sense out of it.
The city decided to move the statues. Some citizens thought it was a bad idea. A group made up of KKK, White Supermen and others who opposed the move got a permit to "Peacefully Assemble". Another group (who had no permit) confronted them in the street and the fight began. Oh, and by the way, that bunch carried clubs.
You may ask, "Where were the police?" Out manned, or something like that, was the excuse used to explain their actions (or lack of). The "Main stream" press missed most of what I just pointed out!....Medicineman!
Monday, August 14, 2017
PHYSICS, LAW OF!
You remember High School Physics. Everybody took it and some even remembered the basics. For instance; What goes up must come down; Objects fall at a fixed rate of speed; Every action has a reaction, etc.
Let's talk about the action and reaction. The City Council in Charlottesville, VA decided to move monuments to Confederate heroes from the dedicated ground where they had stood for about 150 years to some other place (perhaps out of the way). While it may have been a sound decision at the time the results were not so sound. Many of the folks took umbrage to the idea and the word spread. We saw the results in the streets of Charlottesville the other night.
This country was torn by Civil War and nearly destroyed and Americans fought on both sides for what they believed. Both were led by great men who deserve their place in history.
We must teach our children the true history of how this country came to be or we can never survive the kind of street war we are exposed to more and more frequently!........Medicineman!
Let's talk about the action and reaction. The City Council in Charlottesville, VA decided to move monuments to Confederate heroes from the dedicated ground where they had stood for about 150 years to some other place (perhaps out of the way). While it may have been a sound decision at the time the results were not so sound. Many of the folks took umbrage to the idea and the word spread. We saw the results in the streets of Charlottesville the other night.
This country was torn by Civil War and nearly destroyed and Americans fought on both sides for what they believed. Both were led by great men who deserve their place in history.
We must teach our children the true history of how this country came to be or we can never survive the kind of street war we are exposed to more and more frequently!........Medicineman!
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