It’s been almost a year since Captain Sullenberger and First Officer Skiles brought their stricken Airbus, USAir flight 1549, to a controlled ditch in the Hudson River. I remain amazed at the skill these 2 men showed at the controls of their ship, not only bringing it to a landing intact but in doing so [...]
With the passage of the Pelosi version of “healthcare reform” details are starting to come out about what Congress has in mind for you. For starters, if you refuse to buy health insurance of a type and quantity Pelosi and crew think you should, you can get jailed – for up to 5 years. That’s [...]
One of the unsung stories of WWII was the involvement of the Navajo Code Talkers in the Pacific Theater. In our always-on, digital world we forget that secure communications over large distances was incredibly difficult 70 years ago. Computers as we know them today simply didn’t exist, making electronic encryption an impossibility. Radio and telephone [...]
In July 2005 the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Kelo v. New London, essentially saying that a local government could execute an eminent domain taking against a private property holder for the purposes of giving that property over to a 3rd private party so that a development could be done that might generate [...]
To those who served, to those who still do…to those who came home in glory, or in silence, or not at all…to those fought pitched battles in war, quietly watched in peace, or did the myriad of thankless little jobs no one ever heard about but upon which campaigns were won…to all of those who [...]
On this date in 1775, Congress chartered the United States Marine Corp. They: …passed a resolution stating that “two battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces with the fleet. This established the Continental Marines and marked the birth of the United States Marine Corps. Serving on land and at sea, early Marines [...]
Back in September 2008 I wrote about an announcement by Chrysler where they were planning to enter into the electric car market with 4 new models. I thought it was a good thing to see and Chrysler knew the Obama administration would think so, too, a fact they exploited when it came time to put [...]
DC sniper John Muhammad’s played his last card with the courts as the US Supreme Court has refused to block tomorrow’s execution. The Court issued the refusal with no comment given as to why it refused. Of course, we all know perfectly well why they refused: the man’s as guilty as it gets, his crime [...]
Ever since I got out of my daily commute job in DC I’ve studiously avoided situations that require me to be in DC before about 10:00 in the morning. That’s especially true since I drive alone and the HOV restrictions make coming in on Route 66 impossible. This morning was a bit different owing to [...]
Sorry for the light blogging but we have guests in town this week. I’ll be back to a more regular thing tomorrow. (Maybe later today, even, since the urge to say things about some of the events ongoing is starting to build…)
