December 19, Monday, presidential electors will meet in their respective state capitols to cast their ballots. The Constitution does not allow them to deliberate, as some of the liberal body have demanded, no they are to cast their votes for the candidate that received the most popular votes in their states. And in states where Trump won only Republican electors will cast a vote. The same is true in those won by Clinton, only Democrat electors will vote.
The all out effort to change the status of the Electoral College has been furious and even threatening in some areas. The NEA, National Education Association, spent a six-figure sum in an all out effort to elect Hillary. That is money from dues collected from teachers who often do not support the NEA position.
Thee 538 electoral ballots will sent to Congress where during a joint session of the 115th Congress the ballots will be opened. On January 6 Speaker Paul Ryan and out-going Vice President Biden will announce that Donald J. Trump has been elected 45th President of the United States by "a majority of the whole number of electors." The final vote!..........Medicineman!
My blog will attempt to be a source of accurate information on any subject put forward. My approach to any question will come from the conservative, freedom loving,and Christian. My background includes history, medicine and military. Welcome!
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Germany knew the war was lost. The people, the generals and soldiers all knew the war was lost except.........Hitler!
Hitler launched the offensive on December 16 throwing everything he had into what came to be called, "The battle of the bulge". The intent was to split the American and British forces by recapturing Antwerp.
The Nazis made significant gains taking advantage of the terrible weather that prevented Allied air support from resupplying the entrenched American defenders.
The story is told in dramatic fashion in the television special "Band of Brothers", the story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The fighting, the shelling and the cold were always there to one degree or another from December 16 to January 25.
Patton and the Third Army was finally able to break the back of the German offensive and relieve those defenders of Bastogne...........Medicineman!
Hitler launched the offensive on December 16 throwing everything he had into what came to be called, "The battle of the bulge". The intent was to split the American and British forces by recapturing Antwerp.
The Nazis made significant gains taking advantage of the terrible weather that prevented Allied air support from resupplying the entrenched American defenders.
The story is told in dramatic fashion in the television special "Band of Brothers", the story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The fighting, the shelling and the cold were always there to one degree or another from December 16 to January 25.
Patton and the Third Army was finally able to break the back of the German offensive and relieve those defenders of Bastogne...........Medicineman!
Monday, December 5, 2016
A DAY OF INFAMY!
"How could this happen?", "Where is Pearl Harbor?". "How could Japan do that to us?"
Americans watched closely the war in Europe and the "Battle of Britain". They were interested in what Hitler was doing and some even watched with a quiet admiration at the man's ability to take so much territory so easily. But enter the war? NO! The "America First" movement, the WWI Vets, the German American Bund (Brown Shirts) all were declaring "Sit this one out"!
But reality has a way of sneaking up on us and "sneak" it did on December 7, 1941 when Japanese planes came with bombs and torpedoes and blazing guns. America was caught flatfooted!
Washington knew that Japan was on rampage in Asia and British and Dutch holdings in the Western Pacific. They were concerned about our bases in the Philippine Islands. We even beefed up our base on Wake Island, just in case??? But Pearl Harbor?
When the Japanese cruised all that way, undetected, in the northern Pacific and launched there bombers and fighters and torpedo planes they could not believe their good fortune. They came in from the north over Hickam and Wheeler Air Fields, shooting up the planes on the ground on their way to Pearl where our Battleships, the pride of the Navy, lay at anchor. No Torpedo nets had been put in place because the harbor was only 45 feet deep and it was thought that air dropped torpedoes would just dive into the mud on the bottom. The Japs had already thought of that and solved that problem.
What happened there will always be remembered and the 2,474 Soldiers and Sailors who died there honored. The USS Arizona remains under the Flag and a Memorial to that "Day of Infamy"!........Medicineman!
Americans watched closely the war in Europe and the "Battle of Britain". They were interested in what Hitler was doing and some even watched with a quiet admiration at the man's ability to take so much territory so easily. But enter the war? NO! The "America First" movement, the WWI Vets, the German American Bund (Brown Shirts) all were declaring "Sit this one out"!
But reality has a way of sneaking up on us and "sneak" it did on December 7, 1941 when Japanese planes came with bombs and torpedoes and blazing guns. America was caught flatfooted!
Washington knew that Japan was on rampage in Asia and British and Dutch holdings in the Western Pacific. They were concerned about our bases in the Philippine Islands. We even beefed up our base on Wake Island, just in case??? But Pearl Harbor?
When the Japanese cruised all that way, undetected, in the northern Pacific and launched there bombers and fighters and torpedo planes they could not believe their good fortune. They came in from the north over Hickam and Wheeler Air Fields, shooting up the planes on the ground on their way to Pearl where our Battleships, the pride of the Navy, lay at anchor. No Torpedo nets had been put in place because the harbor was only 45 feet deep and it was thought that air dropped torpedoes would just dive into the mud on the bottom. The Japs had already thought of that and solved that problem.
What happened there will always be remembered and the 2,474 Soldiers and Sailors who died there honored. The USS Arizona remains under the Flag and a Memorial to that "Day of Infamy"!........Medicineman!
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
BYE BYE NFL
Football, that sporting combination of pushing, tripping, clobbering, shoving, grunting and groaning. That physical mayhem resulting in bumps and bruises and bloody noses, black eyes, torn cartilage and worse. I am sure most of you can think of other words to insert here but these will suffice for now!
I mention this because I am no longer watching NFL football, nor listening to broadcasts of same. I will not read about it nor think about it. It is wiped from my memory bank.
When over-paid, under-educated, bad mannered and spoiled brats refuse to honor the flag of the country that allows them the freedom to make this kind of money and do hose thing I just mentioned. When they prefer to sit on there pampered butt when the National Anthem is rendered and thus insult the thousands of Americans that have suffered and died defending their right to act like ASSES----that makes them a non-entity in my world and I am DONE!
The leadership of the NFL could and should clean up this problem, as some team owners have already!
I will enjoy my football at the College level, and even High School where the real game is played........Medicineman!
I mention this because I am no longer watching NFL football, nor listening to broadcasts of same. I will not read about it nor think about it. It is wiped from my memory bank.
When over-paid, under-educated, bad mannered and spoiled brats refuse to honor the flag of the country that allows them the freedom to make this kind of money and do hose thing I just mentioned. When they prefer to sit on there pampered butt when the National Anthem is rendered and thus insult the thousands of Americans that have suffered and died defending their right to act like ASSES----that makes them a non-entity in my world and I am DONE!
The leadership of the NFL could and should clean up this problem, as some team owners have already!
I will enjoy my football at the College level, and even High School where the real game is played........Medicineman!
Sunday, November 6, 2016
OPERATION TORCH!
Operation Torch took place on November 7, 1942, when 850 naval craft landed American and British troops in North Africa. It was the greatest amphibious operation in history and was led by General Eisenhower. The assault began with 60,000 American troops leading the charge..
The Allied landings took place on the north and West coasts of French North Africa. Included in the attack were General Jimmy Doolittle for air and Major General George Patton for land forces. Bridgeheads were established both north and south of Casablanca, with little resistance from French forces, thus opening the second front against the Germans in North Africa.........Medicineman!
The Allied landings took place on the north and West coasts of French North Africa. Included in the attack were General Jimmy Doolittle for air and Major General George Patton for land forces. Bridgeheads were established both north and south of Casablanca, with little resistance from French forces, thus opening the second front against the Germans in North Africa.........Medicineman!
VOTE--CITIZEN OR NOT!
On Friday the Secretary of State received a letter signed by the Equality State Policy Center and the ACLU. The letter told him to stop telling county clerks to require some persons to prove citizenship by producing a passport or other proof since illegals can get a drivers license easily.
I do not know how many potential voters are affected but at least 59 people in one county have been told to prove eligibility before voting. Seems funny to me that I have to show proof before I vote and they don't want to?? .................Medicineman!
I do not know how many potential voters are affected but at least 59 people in one county have been told to prove eligibility before voting. Seems funny to me that I have to show proof before I vote and they don't want to?? .................Medicineman!
Sunday, October 30, 2016
"DEPLORABLES"
That is what Hillary called gun owners recently in a campaign speech.
In a New York Times article it stated that Clinton was asked her thoughts on about the Australian government buy back of some 650,000 guns a few years ago. She answered, "I think it would be worth considering doing it on the national level if it could be arranged."
There is no reason to think that Hillary, if and when elected President, will not seek that "arrangement."
There are some 80 million (that is 80,000,000) gun owners in the USA, and more being added each day. The gun industry will tell you that Obama has been the best gun salesman ever. With that in mind one must come to the conclusion that there should NEVER BE AN ANTI-GUN MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OR SENATE! But that will happen only when EVERY GUN OWNER VOTES!....Medicineman!
In a New York Times article it stated that Clinton was asked her thoughts on about the Australian government buy back of some 650,000 guns a few years ago. She answered, "I think it would be worth considering doing it on the national level if it could be arranged."
There is no reason to think that Hillary, if and when elected President, will not seek that "arrangement."
There are some 80 million (that is 80,000,000) gun owners in the USA, and more being added each day. The gun industry will tell you that Obama has been the best gun salesman ever. With that in mind one must come to the conclusion that there should NEVER BE AN ANTI-GUN MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OR SENATE! But that will happen only when EVERY GUN OWNER VOTES!....Medicineman!
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