Tag Archives: nationally syndicated editorialists

Mike’s Movie Forensics: Captain Phillips

As anyone can read online the movie “Captain Phillips” was highly altered to make the real life Captain Phillips look like a hero. He was not – and he admits it. He consciously chose to sail within the pirate zone … Continue reading

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America’s Potemkin Border and the Fake Immigration Crisis

The word “Potemkin” comes from Russian minister Grigory Potemkin building fake portable villages along the Dnieper River to impress his former lover, Russian Empress Catherine II, during her journey to Crimea in 1787. As recently appointed governor of Crimea, Potemkin … Continue reading

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California Needs Spanking

California is throwing another tantrum and should be spanked. As the parent, the federal government should administer the strap. It is more than allegorical. The United States gained the territory of California “fair and square” (more or less) in the … Continue reading

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Trump’s “Shithole Countries” – Right Again!

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

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

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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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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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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Obama’s Children Crusade: America’s Pied Piper

Obama’s unabashed and diabolical subversion of the electoral process is morphing into fairy tale proportions.  It is a tale with a tragic historic precedent and ominous future consequences.  Back when parents read bedtime stories to their children, the legend of … Continue reading

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Retired CIA’s “Keyhole” Analysis

While I identify with retired CIA analysts Goldcamps’ patriotic passion and historical interests we differ in perspective.  Their 22 June editorial in the Sierra Vista (AZ) Herald contains recycled recitations of out-moded WW II concepts and commonly quoted plattitudes of … Continue reading

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Transformation Under Fire: A Review (Where’s the Beef?)

Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights By Col. Douglas A. MacGregor, PFL (pre-fontal lobotomy) OR How to Kiss (Rumsfeld’s) Ass with Verbosity and Avoid Reality A former co-worker thought I would be interested in reading MacGregor’s book as the … Continue reading

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Democrat Rep. Joe Garcia “Communism Works!” – Not.

Florida Democrat Representative Joe Garcia’s quote “We have proved communism works” (OYM 30 May) was a stunning display of historical ignorance and cultural amnesia at best – or one of Putin’s disinformation “fellow travelers” at worst.  No other than Fidel … Continue reading

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