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Trump’s “Shithole Countries” – Right Again!

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Mike

It so happens that in the real world there ARE shithole countries – literally and figuratively. My first experience with them was in 1960. My father was an Air Force air traffic controller and had been transferred to Germany. Family … Continue reading →

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Clinton’s “Wall” and 9/11

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Mike

I’ve struggled to write a book on the real reasons 9/11 happened – other than the obvious intent of the terrorists- since I finally read the voluminous 9/11 Commission Report a few years ago. It’s given me nightmares’ When my … Continue reading →

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NFL: Killing the Gipper

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Mike

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?

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Mike

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

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Mike

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!

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Mike

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

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Mike

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”

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Mike

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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Trump’s “Extreme Vetting”

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Mike

Trump’s “Extreme Vetting” appeals to most concerned with national security. But there is a gaping institutional vulnerability ensconced in the federal law that has always required some level of vetting for entry into the U.S. and American citizenship. Immigration law … Continue reading →

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TSA! GO AWAY!!!

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Mike

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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Origin of Puerto Rico Super 9 Bailout:

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Mike

Will Rogers, Oklahoma cowboy and national humorist, called Congress “America’s only native criminal class.” In the 1800s Alexis de Tocqueville remarked on the relative inferiority of most American politicians. It has only worsened. A Sierra Vista, Arizona Herald April 29 On … Continue reading →

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What “Gender Pay Gap”?

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Mike

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

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Mike

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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The American Pig

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Mike

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

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Mike

“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

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Mike

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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111th Military Intelligence Brigade: LCOL Riehle’s Inquisitions

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Mike

Cheating at the Military Intelligence “School of Excellence”, Ft. Huachuca, AZ is not only tolerated but often facilitated by cadre. If it weren’t the student failure rate in most courses would be about 40%. Inquisition #1. I volunteered for mobilized … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Mike

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

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Mike

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?

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Mike

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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