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As some of you may know, Glen Campbell is in the final stages of Alzheimer's disease. Here is one of his songs that may be a good New Year resolution.
Published: Sunday, January 1st, 2017 @ 8:15 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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As with most of my articles, this article started out as an argument with myself but quickly morphed into a lesson during this Christmas season.
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 1:23 am
By: Bobby Tony
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This is a short 3 minute appeal for funds to save the Snowflakes who are having trouble adjusting to the recent election.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 1:02 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The Army had a detailed method for accounting for the location and duty status of each soldier in each unit. Each unit submitted a morning report showing strength and number of soldiers in each unit as of the date of the report.
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 5:21 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Here are a series of NASA videos featuring John Glenn's Friendship 7 flight into space.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2016 @ 2:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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It is hard to tell the difference between FAKE NEWS and REAL NEWS, but I think this will help to clarify it.
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 10:48 am
By: Bobby Tony
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After Fifty Seven years under Fidel Castro's rule, a small country embarks on the new beginning and we have a new opportunity.
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 8:14 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Most people will remember John Glenn as the astronaut who was the first American to orbit the earth in 1962. After that event, his image was a carefully crafted and protected all American boy.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2016 @ 7:26 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Give me a frigging break, we have a long history of working with the Russians. In 1962 when the world was on the BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR over the Cuban missile crisis, we had backdoor channels to the Russian government.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 3:08 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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There are those that will say his return to space in 1998 at the age of 77 was a gimmick or special treatment. Reasonable people can disagree about that but you must factor in the history.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 12:56 am
By: Bobby Tony
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For many civilians, the memories of a military event are an abstract memory. However, for the participants it is the faces, names, and specific events that mark the event. Here are some of their stories.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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When you retire and do not have to meet schedule, every event in the future becomes a point of stress and trepidation. Many people think that old people lose their memory. They don't. They just lose their track of time.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 @ 10:31 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Can a businessman really be a successful president without having a conflict of interest?
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 11:03 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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An average day in the life of a grunt in the II Corp area Northeast of Saigon in 1968 consisted of Eagle Flights. We would form groups of six in two columns. The Huey helicopters would come in to pick us up. Usually three men from each side would upload on the Hueys.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 8:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Behind every successful man is a woman, or perhaps many women. Here is one who made quite a bit of difference in our successful landing on the moon.
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2016 @ 5:15 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Once again, I find out I was a better sound engineer than a musician and singing talent. Garbage in Garbage out (GIGO) is still alive and well in my living room makeshift recording studio.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 @ 8:40 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Not everything you read on Facebook is true. Even Mark Zuckerberg, has acknowledged that they have a problem with people posting news that is not exactly news.
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 10:46 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Google has its search feature that will find anything I want within seconds and then tell me how many instances if found for my search term. Facebook tells me I can like and share anything I find interesting. Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg are billionaires.
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2016 @ 6:01 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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A visit from an old combat buddy rekindles the guilt and angst again.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 2:54 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I recently had a chance to reconnect with a fellow Combat Brother after 48 years.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 12:50 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I had hoped that I had written my last political post, but such naivety is out of character for me. Accordingly, I offer another rant as we begin our assault on the Electoral College and UNFAIRNESS of not allowing the popular vote to select our presidents.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Do not let the title fool you. This is not an endorsement book for Trump. I suspect the title is to gain attention that seems to come with the mention of TRUMP. This book is about David Stockman's belief that we are in for a big bubble bust in our monetary system.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: Bobby Tony
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We will never be able to correct the course of this country's economic trajectory until we get control of the entitlements which includes welfare as well as the sacred cow Social Security.
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2016 @ 9:53 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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In normal times this would be a rhetorical question but this is an election year and if something is in the headlines it can lead one to believe we never really new this was an issue.
Published: Sunday, November 6th, 2016 @ 7:18 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A revisit to the old practice field illustrates how our memory will exaggerate our history.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 10:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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In 1972-3 two enterprising journalist dug deep, to find out if their President was involved in the Watergate cover up.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 4:22 am
By: Bobby Tony
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This is what you get when you give a horny guy a smart phone. You get a Weiner Eruption.
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 @ 5:30 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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My first article about how man creates these boundaries of time and location attracted such little attention that I almost threw this second edition in the trash bin.
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 @ 3:18 am
By: Bobby Tony
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To some the nom de plume "Cracker " is a pejorative term reflecting on the character of the person. I will leave it up to you to research the origin and pick your preference on the meaning. Like everything else in this current world, words can be redefined and appropriated based on the prejudice o
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:33 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I have no problem believing that Donald Trump did what has been alleged by the recent revelation from women from his past encounters. I expected this would be a news event long ago.
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Read on if you think this is not possible.
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 6:55 am
By: Bobby Tony
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On this Sunday Morning, you should consider this as an alternative to paying taxes to support the poor and under privileged.
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 @ 4:55 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A book review about baseball, boys and boy-men."He was the Last Boy in the last decade ruled by boys."
Published: Saturday, October 22nd, 2016 @ 10:53 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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A book review by a Southern boy about a Southern boy
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 8:07 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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