THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT NEWS!

When a couple of evil-doers break into a home and are shot by an eleven year old child who has learned the art of trap shooting and used her father's trap gun to dispatch the evil ones it is not news and does not make the papers.  When a motorist stops to aid a HP Officer being assaulted on the highway and is forced to shoot the malefactor, it is not news.  It is not worth the ink when a woman, home alone, scares off a would-be rapist with a shot through the door.
To the news agencies the gun is only a tool of destruction and mayhem, never the life saver it is time after time, day after day.  It is only news when a stolen gun is used to shoot up the neighborhood or kill a cop or citizen.  Then is when all the energy of the 4th estate is brought to bare on the GUN.  The gun is the problem and must be done away with.  Ban 'em all! is the cry, the only way, ban 'em all!
If motor vehicles were treated the same as guns we would all be walking!...Medicineman!

"THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS"!

In 1943, with the assault of the island of Sicily pending, a plot was hatched to mislead the Germans as to the date and place of the invasion.  A plot so outrageous to be unbelievable.  An unclaimed cadaver was dressed in the uniform of a Major of Royal Marines.  He was given identity papers and various official letters along with detailed plans for the invasion (false of course) and delivered by submarine to a remote spot just off the coast of Spain and cast overboard.  The plan was for the body to wash ashore with the hope that the Spaniards would find the plans and turn them over to the German authorities.  To make it more believable his wallet contained a picture of fiancee, and 2 letters from her, book of stamps, identity card and pass, invitation to a club, one 5 pound note, three 1 pound notes, a half-crown, 2 shillings and 2 sixpence.  There was matches and cigarettes, keys and other pocket junk as well.  "The Man Who Never Was" worked!..............Medicineman.

IWO JIMA

This will not be my account of the famous struggle to gain a base less than two hours flying time from Japan.  A struggle that cost Americans 26,038 casualties and Japan over 18,000.  A struggle that would last from February 19 to March 26, 1945.  The challenge I am offering is simple: you dig, read, research and find the story for yourself.  There is enormous info to be found. Photojournalists like Joe Rosenthal, books like "Flags of Our Fathers", written by James Bradley, son of John Bradley, one of the Flag raisers.  I promise, you will find the effort most rewarding!.Medicineman!

ADVISE AND CONSENT?

Our founding fathers designed a system that has worked, if not perfectly, at least in an orderly fashion for some 200 plus years.  In our system the elected President nominates those people he believes can do a good job and the elected members of the upper house ask him/her questions about the job they are picked to do and then vote Yes or No for confirmation.  That is Advise and Consent and is their constitutional duty! 
Today, we saw the  Senate Democrats shirk their duty by not showing up at the confirmation hearings, resulting in "crocodile tears" because their questions were not answered.  How do the American people put up with such behavior? ............Medicineman!

BORDERS REAL? YES OR NO?

President Trump is used to critical press---after all, he has had a lot of it.  Perhaps every President has his share of "Critical Press".  But, it does seem to me that in very short order the guns of the "Mainstream Press" have been opened up on this one with extra vigor.
What we are witnessing now is the response to the Executive order closing the borders to non-citizens until they are vetted (a sensible idea it seems to me).  And guess what?  The yelling and arm-waving is coming from those cities called "Sanctuary Cities". 
One example of a good reason to close the borders is the story related by Laura Wilkerson about her 18 year old son who was tortured and killed by someone in our country illegally and who should have never been allowed in!....Medicineman!

WHO WON?!

Now I am really confused---because I thought we just Gave the oath of office to one Donald Trump, Republican.  But everywhere I turn in the newspapers, TV and even Foreign press it seems the wrong man won.  Excuse me.  Wrong candidate.
I read George Will and The acceptance speech was a "Campaign Speech".  Others said the same thing.  God even showed his disfavor by sending rain when Trump started his speech.  Boy he must have really had it in for him and all those loyal supporters who came to watch and cheer.  The speech Trump made was certainly not meant to please politicians and the, so called, establishment, the Swamp Crowd.  It was spoken to the AMERICAN PEOPLE!  Yeeeesh!!
And that's another item I got wrong (I guess).  There weren't NEARLY as many people there as in the crowds of Obama (both times).  Maybe I can't count but it looked like a lot of folks took the time to show up several hours early and eagerly await a look at their man.  Most just want to see America get great again! .......Medicineman!

THE WANNSEE CONFERENCE

When? 20 January 1942; What? The Wannsee Conference; Where? 56-58 Am GroBen Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin, Germany; Why? To plan the final solution to the Jewish question, whereby most of the Jews of German-occupied Europe would be deported to Poland and murdered.  The resulting "Death Camps" were liberated by Allied Armies, thus revealing to the world their grisly business in 1945.
When Hitler and his Nazi party came to power in January 1933 the Jewish population began to feel the pressure.  A Jew could not hold public office or obtain a Civil Service job.  All this done to pressure Jews to leave the country.  By 1939 some 250,000 Jews had Emigrated to the U.S., Palestine, Great Britain and other countries.
Businesses were boycotted and vandalized.  In 1935 laws were enacted that prohibited marriage between Jews and anyone of Germanic birth.  By decree a Jew was anyone with three Jewish grandparents or only two if they practiced the Jewish faith.  The killing also included gypsies, Prostitutes, Romani people and the mentally ill.
After the invasion of Poland in 1939 Hitler ordered the killing of the Polish leadership and intelligentsia. The SS was given the list of murders to be carried out.
After the start of Operation Barbarossa---the invasion of the Soviet Union, Comintern Officials, ranking members of the Communist party, extremists and radical members of the party were to be executed in addition to the Jews in party positions.
Poor harvests in 1940-'41 led to food shortages in Germany which led to the forced starvation of an estimated 4.2 million Soviet citizens in 1941-1944.  Such was Nazi Germany!.....Medicineman!
This from Wikipedia, and you may learn much from the entire piece!