A little Research Reveals Hypocrisy

May 9-10, 1969: New York Times Reveals Secret Cambodia Bombings; White House Responds with Illegal Wiretaps
http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a050969cambodialeak#a050969cambodialeak
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New York Times publishes the Top Secret Pentagon Papers: “June 11, 1971:
“Times Publisher Arthur Ochs “Punch” Sulzberger gives final approval for Pentagon Papers article and leaves for London vacation.”
http://www.topsecretplay.org/index.php/content/timeline (USC Annenberg)
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New York Times ReveaLS Top Secret NSA WiretaPS:
“Attorney General Alberto [...]

Great Turkey Meal!

One of the concepts of the old book “Looking Out For Number One” by Robert ringer  is that “If you have a good thing going, keep your mouth shut.”
That is probably good advice, but after decades of turkey cooking for holidays we decided to try the pre-cooked turkey breast dinner for two from Stater Brothers.
$19.95!
First, [...]

RB Drivers

There is such thing as a “Rancho Bernardo Driver.”
You will know them when you see them in RB.
Drive defensively!
When I see a male driver wearing a hat in a sedan, or a woman with blue hair driving an older LARGE car, I watch them carefully.
If they have a KPBS license holder, or a Shriners sticker [...]

Veterans Day

May I suggest that everyone make a check out today to Wounded Warriors.
Your good thoughts are appreciated. Your check would be appreciated AND useful. The newly developed prosthetic arms are 10 times (or more) the cost of the old “hooks” – and like everything in modern, expensive medicine, it is hard to find the money [...]

The Race Does Not Always Go to the Swiftist, Nor the Battle to the Strongest

Well, the Naval Academy upset 19th ranked Notre Dame 23-21, for their second defeat of Notre Dame in the past two years.
Obviously, I have a special relationship with Annapolis but rather than gloat I will simply remind everyone of what the Notre Dame announcers told everyone: Navy had no players on the team that were [...]

Sorry

I just had a 5-Way heart bypass and will rejoin you later this week.

This Is Not a Sports Story

Mark Martin as a premier NASCAR driver in the top circuit – the Sprint Series.
He is 50, and has won four races so far this year, ahead of such names as Jimmy Johnson, Kyle Bush and Tony Stewart.
One of the most difficult things in racing, and I speak from experience, is familiarity – how does [...]

Rip-Off!

While this Blog is national, the local information can easily be expanded to cover any area in the US, and nothing local is so true nationally as public pension plans.
Here are some, and I emphasize SOME local pensions:
The first number is the monthly pension, the bold face is the yearly pension:

JAMES BOWERSOX
10,174.61
122,095.32
POWAY

JAMES HOWELL
8,840.37
106,084.44
POWAY

WARREN SHAFER
8,572.34
102,868.08
POWAY

JACK ANDERSON
16,283.63
195,403.56
ESCONDIDO

DONALD [...]

Misleading

I don’t know if it is media bias or just laziness, and I am speaking of today’s NC Times page 2 headline: “Sen. Kennedy’s car falls off bridge, killing passenger”
Falls off? There he was just sitting there, minding his own business and his car just “fell?”
The term used within the text of the article is [...]

Reprise of “Self Help” on Kauai

This was initially posted in early April:
Kauai Does It Right!
Posted on April 11, 2009 by usna1957 | Edit

I know that there are those who contend that government is efficient. (Those people have not seen the Valley Center highway repair!)
One of the reasons I love Kauai is that it is so distant, not just from Washington [...]