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NFL: Killing the Gipper

Movie producer Peter Bogdonovich once said “There are no OLD movies – just good movies you haven’t seen yet.” It would behoove the spoiled brats -players, coaches, owners, and especially Commissioner Goodell of the National Football League to watch the … Continue reading

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“Bring Back Deported Vets!” …Say What?

I tell ya the PC pity party just never ends. Last week at Barnes Field House on Ft. Huachuca I saw a guy wearing a black T-shirt with what appeared to be a logo mimicking the POW/MIA photo of a … Continue reading

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Administration’s Afghan Insanity

When the temperatures were consistently over a hundred degrees this summer some friends and I traveled to Patagonia Lake. Upon arrival I plunged into the lake and raptured in the refreshing coolness of the water. Putting my feet down I … Continue reading

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President Trump! B.R.A.C. This Border!

I challenge President Trump to conduct the same cost-effective study of our borders’ Ports of Entry that Congress did for our domestic military installations.  It was called the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act.  The same process should be done … Continue reading

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Kaepernick the Useful Idiot

San Francisco 49er backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick justified his refusal to stand for the national anthem as “I will stand with the oppressed” referring to alleged injustices to minorities in America. Like most spoiled, overpaid, professional athletes who failed to … Continue reading

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Trump’s “I Can Work With the Russians”

     Trump claiming he “can work with Putin and the Russians” is either another pipe dream shared with every other politician or an ominous preview of morally bankrupt business dealings “trumping” national security.  I’m no Hillary fan.  I think … Continue reading

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TSA! GO AWAY!!!

The airline industry’s angst against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) long wait times at security checkpoints is a monster of their own making. TSA is an offspring of the monolithic Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  In predictable knee jerk response … Continue reading

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What “Gender Pay Gap”?

The Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald’s April 15th editorial “Being free and equal can be depressing” reveals gross –and perhaps willful- ignorance of the facts about the alleged “gender pay gap.”  In my opinion it is another example of the media … Continue reading

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Time Out for Tampons! Women In Combat

December 3, 2015, a day that will live in infamy for the United States, Defense Secretary “Ash” Carter (ironic for that is certainly what he has made of the world’s once most powerful military) unilaterally and against expert advice to … Continue reading

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Sheriff Paul Babeu: Arizona’s Weiner

Arizona’s Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced on October 15, 2015 he is running for Congress – again.  I realize we’ve exhausted our bank of morally-qualified candidates for president of the United States [and Americans refuse to elect a candidate … Continue reading

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The American Pig

There are two kinds of American Pig.      The domestic American Pig lives in a designated enclosed space called a sty.  The sty is built by The Farmer for the Pig and is “rent free”. There are many other Pigs living … Continue reading

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Sierra Vista, Arizona’s Proud Pedophile on Display

“Hey! Little boys! Wanna take your picture in my underwear?” Cardboard cutout of CPT Underpants facing four feet from childrens’ reading table -Sierra Vista, Arizona library                   CPT Underpants Teaching Points: Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants: … Continue reading

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“Captain Underpants” on Display at Sierra Vista Library

Maverick Free News  By Mike Ligon “Captain Underpants” on Display at SV Library ……..proving you can’t fix stupid! Believe it or not there is a large, color silhouette of a naked, fat, bald, white man wearing only his “whitey tightey” … Continue reading

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McSally’s TODAY “Don’t Cripple Homeland Security”

I am a retired immigration inspector who worked at the Douglas, Az. Port of Entry.  U.S. Rep Martha McSally’s USA Today “Don’t Cripple Homeland Security” editorial of Feb. 25, 2015 is typical political double speak.  McSally has no real “street … Continue reading

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Military Retiree Sleep Apnea a National Fraud

The world renowned Mayo Clinic defines sleep apnea as “a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. You may have sleep apnea if you snore loudly and you feel tired even after a full night’s sleep. … Continue reading

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Is Martha McSally a True Conservative?

Is Martha McSally a true conservative or passionate feminist? As the GOP candidate opposing Democrat Ron Barber for Arizona’s Congressional District 14 representative, Martha McSally has what appears to be an impressive military record…to non-military voters.  To those who have … Continue reading

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Refugee Children – America’s Hypocrisy

A majority of Americans are “cool” to the idea of allowing Central American “children” to flood across the U.S. border and take up residency.  The public premise of the demographically gerrymandering president is to rescue these “innocents” from the horrors … Continue reading

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Israel’s War with Hamas – Some Truth

Jacqueline O’Connor’s anti-Semitic vitriol would make any Nazi or KKK member proud.  But like most rabid bigots, her basic assumptions are patently false beginning with “Israel displacing Palestineans.”  James Michener (and others) debunked that myth many decades ago in his … Continue reading

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SGT. Tahmooressi Is Wrong

As a former Marine and a father of three Marines I will support a good Marine to the death.  But as a retired counterintelligence officer and immigration inspector with over 5,000 criminal interrogations I see a lot of holes in … Continue reading

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Obama’s Illegal Children

If you want to see what the U.S. will look like in ten years after Obama’s Children Crusade, look at the Soviet Union in 1920.  When Lenin took power, the Bolsheviks embarked on a series of experiments intended to stamp … Continue reading

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