.....Sittin' on the Dock of the Lake.....

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

And the People said....

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. Now, eight years ago the People installed a Republican controlled Congress. And then the People said, “Repeal Obama Care!”   And the ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Cry Baby, Cry

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. How odd, I thought.  Odd that France has now taking the position as the leader of the civilized world.  It wasn't quite 80 years ago ...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Hold the Aplause

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. The following post was published by a fellow Christian blogger, Christy Lee Parker.  I condensed and modified the original post.  Feel fr...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

America in Decline

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. America was built upon long standing beliefs that value the sanctity Christian morals entrenched in the religion for centuries.  But all ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Homeless is Priceless

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. On September 20, 2012, I published an article entitled "11 Years to Greece."  If you haven't read it, or have forgotten its...
Monday, May 11, 2015

I Was a Police Officer

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. I'm not sure of who authored this.  I found it browsing cop blogs. I Was A Police Officer                                       T...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

It is Not

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. It was Not a peaceful protest.  But it was a Riot.  Our Constitution allows anyone to assemble and speak freely.  The law does not allow ...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Growing

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. Married at 16 changed my life.  With a baby on the way, I had to change.  No longer could I hang with my friends, play high school footba...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Obstructions

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. She wore green at our wedding that winter day in 1969.  It was a simple church ceremony, with only my immediate family and a high school ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Return

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. My time in Germany was wonderful.  But I had become a loner. My siblings were younger, my parents were older, and I never had the chance ...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

Train Rides and Kisses

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. It was at the height of the Cold War not long after Russia placed ballistic nuclear missiles in Cuba.   Pop was stationed at a Nike Hercu...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Inge

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. In Those Day s, Germany was far different from any other place I had been.  And living on that mountain, on a farm very isolated from any...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Ahoy!

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. In the Spring following JFK's murder, Pop informed us that he was being transferred to Germany and that we were going with him. I k...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Pride - Integrity - Guts

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. It was in Those Days that my bicycle was stolen.  A red 3-speed Schwinn, and I was the first one in my family to ever have gotten a bran...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Bottles and Ethics

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. In Those Days, we lived in military housing sandwiched between Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay, NY.  At 10, I found it strange because it...
Monday, January 12, 2015

End of Days

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. Growing up in a military family gave great insight to the world around me.  I recall many conversations with my parents, whom incidentall...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

Don't Bring a Knife to a Gunfight

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. Our most liberals seem to always turn against the few that are holding our country together. This week they seek to destroy those in th...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

How Fun is (or isn't) That?

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. I know that most of you are in some way, in some sport, a fan.  But if not, I think you can understand my point in this post. I remembe...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Who really killed Michael Brown?

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. Ok, I know that I’m about to be called a racist by most of you.  But nothing could be further from the truth because what I know is ba...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Raped

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. Webster's Dictionary defines Rape in one sense as:  to plunder (a place); despoil, or to seize, take, or carry off by force. This b...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Glory Hallelujah

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. Happy days are here Again.  The skies above are clear again.  So let's sing a song of cheer again. Happy Days are here Again!!  Wel...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Reason

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. So, just what is Reason?  Is it judgement?  Or common sense.  Perhaps Logic? The dictionary defines it as " the mental powers  con...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Read and Weap

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. In the year: 732:  The Muslim Army which was moving on Paris was defeated and turned back at Tours, France, by Charles Martell. 1571:...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

To Hell in a Handbasket

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. So why is it that most of you (the ones out there that voted for Obama) are now turning against him? Is it because that you realized th...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Hammer and Nail

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. Recently I was participating in a group discussion when the leader asked "When was the last time you were angry?  Several silent min...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Remembering the KKK

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. For those of you that can remember the radical 60"s in America, you surely remember the KKK and although they are still here today, ...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Obama, Lies and Islam

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. Just why can't the liberals in this country just call things what they are?  What once were called Hobos, Vagrants, or Bums are now c...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

The Greasing of California

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. I was stunned this morning by a press release revealing that more than a third of those across the country that receive Welfare, live in ...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Who are the Racists?

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. Author Unknown. Does anyone remember Detective Melvin Santiago?  He was a Jersey City police officer, who was shot to death...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

A Travesty

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. The following contains portions of an article was published in Los Angeles Police Protective League's blog on August 19, 2014. The a...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Grading (perhaps de-grading) our Leader

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. I know that I previously said I would provide you with information useful in deciding how to cast your vote intelligently in our upcoming...
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Grandpa-D.
892 miles north of Los Angeles
Upon completing a long career of trying to solve everyone else's problems, I was led from Southern California to the prestine Central Oregon Coast, where I am now retired. A far cry from the sunshine of Malibu and the perpetual concrete of Los Angeles, I find myself living on a lake, surrounded by trees, with the occasional winds of the Ocean.
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