Hence the lack of posts.
I’ll get back in the swing of things shortly.
Went fishing Saturday out of Dana Wharf and caught exactly one fish.
It was a decent sized one fish though.
Archive for March, 2011
My condolences to his family. This is truly a sad day for Kennedy Space Center.
Worker falls to his death at Kennedy Space Center, NASA says
(CNN) — A space shuttle contract worker fell to his death Monday morning while working at the launchpad, preparing the space shuttle Endeavour for its final flight, according to a NASA official.
United Space Alliance, the prime contractor for the U.S. space shuttle program, said in a press release that the victim was one of its employees, James Vanover.
“He fell at the pad, and NASA emergency medical personnel responded but were unable to revive him,” said Kennedy Space Center spokeswoman Candrea Thomas.
Vanover was a swing-arm engineer, United Space Alliance spokeswoman Kari Fluegel said. He supported work on the gaseous oxygen vent hood as well as the orbiter access arm, which is the passageway through which astronauts enter the space shuttle.
Fluegel said his body was found on another level of Launch Pad 39A at the space hub in northeast Florida. It was not immediately known what caused him to fall.
I just received my new Droid X the other day.
I am adding this post with it.
This thing is sweeeeeet!
Got an appointment tomorrow down in Loma Linda at the VA medical center.
I am sure I’ll have plenty of time to play with it.
Republicans introduce bill to give workers a choice on joining unions… AKA Unions Suck!
Posted: 9 Mar 2011 in Congress, Democrats, Government, Politics, UnionsThis is a step in the right direction. Stop forcing people to join unions if they don’t desire to do so. This is a fundamental freedom that fits with America.
Unions suck.
– 03/08/11 01:17 PM ET
Eight Republican Senators introduced a bill Tuesday giving workers a choice as to whether to join labor unions, which they argue will boost the nation’s economy and provide an increase in wages.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), introduced the National Right to Work Act to “reduce workplace discrimination by protecting the free choice of individuals to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities,” according to a statement.
Seven other Republicans signed onto the effort: Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Mike Lee (Utah), Rand Paul (Ky.), James Risch (Idaho), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and David Vitter (La.).
“Facing a steady decline in membership, unions have turned to strong-arm political tactics to make forced unionization the default position of every American worker, even if they don’t want it,” Hatch said. “This is simply unacceptable. At the very least, it should be the policy of the U.S. government to ensure that no employee will be forced to join a union in order to get or keep their job.
“Republicans cited a recent poll they said shows that 80 percent of union members support having their policy and that “Right to Work” states outperform “forced-union” states in factors that affect worker well being.
Keep up the pressure! When unions are no longer relevant, then the Democrat party is done.
Woman wears POW/MIA bracelet for nearly 40 years
Posted: 8 Mar 2011 in Military, US Army, VeteransTags: Army, Military, POW/MIA
This is incredible. She showed that people still care about our POW/MIA from Vietnam.
What a feat.
(CBS News)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – While the war raged in Vietnam, POW/MIA bracelets were all the rage. The metal bracelets, sold by the millions, each bore the name of a soldier who was either still a prisoner in Vietnam, or missing in action.
CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports the idea was to wear the bracelet and only take it off your wrist when your Veteran came home.
They were very popular with kids. In 1972, when she was 12-years-old, Kathy Strong got a bracelet in her Christmas stocking.
“I was really excited,” Strong said. “I read the paper that came with it. And I just thought. I’m going to keep it on until he comes home.”
Strong, now 50, still remembers the name: James Moreland. Moreland was a Green Beret who’d been stationed in Lang Vei.
Moreland went missing in the winter of 1968 after the enemy over took his position. At the time, no one knew much more than that – so Kathy remained optimistic.
She deserves praise for her dedication to this Soldier and his family.
Required Reading…
Posted: 2 Mar 2011 in Coast Guard, Hero, Military, Truth, US Air Force, US Army, US Marines, US Navy, VeteransTags: Afghanistan War, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Hero, Iraq War, Marines, Military, Navy, War
We, as a nation seem to have forgotten that we are at war.
I lost a good friend to this fucking war. I think about him all the time. One of the last things he told me in an email, was right after he was promoted to major, that I was the reason he decided to stay in the Army and make it a career. I was his platoon sergeant, he was the last platoon leader that I would have in the Army. He was my son’s godfather.
Yeah, it’s personal.
Go read this article from the Washington Post. EVERY American should be required to read it.
Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost son to war, says U.S. largely unaware of sacrifice
Before he addressed the crowd that had assembled in the St. Louis Hyatt Regency ballroom last November, Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly had one request. “Please don’t mention my son,” he asked the Marine Corps officer introducing him.
Four days earlier, 2nd Lt. Robert M. Kelly , 29, had stepped on a land mine while leading a platoon of Marines in southern Afghanistan. He was killed instantly.
Without once referring to his son’s death, the general delivered a passionate and at times angry speech about the military’s sacrifices and its troops’ growing sense of isolation from society.
“Their struggle is your struggle,” he told the ballroom crowd of former Marines and local business people. “If anyone thinks you can somehow thank them for their service, and not support the cause for which they fight – our country – these people are lying to themselves. . . . More important, they are slighting our warriors and mocking their commitment to this nation.”
Truth, Lies and In Between 