John Kerry, in sworn testimony before the Senate in April 1971, said he met with the North Vietnamese and Vietcong delegations in Paris in May 1970. He said they discussed their peace proposals —— especially the eight points of Madam Binh
As of January 1, 2008, 64,473,140 people lived in the French Republic. 61,875,822 of these lived in metropolitan France, whereas 2,597,318 lived in the French overseas departments and territories. France has a sizeable population of Arabs and A
Soul Music. Along about 1999 I worked with a couple members of a Seattle Grunge Band, they kept bringing that shit to work to listen to. I countered with some Country and Western and Bluegrass, damned if those two didn't like that too!!!The music
Freedom - What it Takes All in all Saturday was a great day, it began as an overcast and cool morning as we loaded up a couple of folding chairs and some water bottles then headed off for McCord AFB and the 2008 Airshow.The bad? I took lots of pictur
I was recently sent a video clip with the question. Think Muslims would understand? My response was hell no, not since 632.A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?' The father who, despite having a heart conditi
Imagine it's June 6, 1944, a scant 30 days ago Chuck sent a message to the Axis declaring this to be the day of reckoning. What do you suppose the reaction would have been and what would have been the outcome? Would Adolph have bolstered the bea
I'm back after a few days of bouncing around on the lake, yep it were hot down there. No phone, no camera not even a radio. Beer and night crawlers, 16" silvers and solitude, on the lake at least. Not bad, I had an equally opinionated conser
I'm a bit off my feed today, some disturbing bad news about a friend that has left me in a blue funk. Please go by and wish her well, prayers will be appreciated if you are so inclined. Get better soon dear lady.I feel somewhat nostalgic, m
We Americans celebrate our independence from the British under King George III on this day. July 4th commemorates the approval of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It wasn’t actually signed on this day - only approved. The actual s
The wife's grandfather came from Coffeeville Kansas having left there during the dust bowel days. I always enjoyed being around the old guy, I used to work for him once in a while. Now as a strapping young guy I thought I could hold my own but th
Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heartby Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel AvivFrom The Sunday TimesJune 29, 2008 Iran has moved ballistic missiles into launch positions, with Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant among the possible targets, defe