Archive for December, 2011
The modern conservative’s relationship with the legacy of George W. Bush is a fantastic, bi-polar, hot mess. At one moment they could be lauding his unabashed Christianity and his keeping us safe for all those years after worst attack in American history. On the other they deny him three times before the rooster crows when [...]
December 16th, 2011 | Posted in 2008, History, Iraq War, Politics, World Affairs | 1 Comment
Last evening before I retired to dreamland, I caught Senator John McCain’s floor speech marking the end of the 9 year Iraq War. Like many in this nation I have in the past had a very positive view of the senior senator from Arizona. As a Republican primary voter in 2000 I was prepared to [...]
December 15th, 2011 | Posted in 2008, History, Iraq War, Politics | No Comments
Today will more than likely mark the end an era in the history of Jacksonville Florida. At the NFL owners meetings in Dallas today a vote is all but assured to approve the sale of the Jacksonville Jaguars to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan. Although the sale of the franchise will not be completely final until [...]
December 14th, 2011 | Posted in Duval (TSE Local), Footballtown TSE, History, Sports | No Comments
Facebook now groups posts according to if the users talk about a similar subject. Lately the discussion of Christmas has been prevalent, and Facebook has been presenting groups of comments under the subheading “So-and-so and 12 others commented about Christmas.” But one thing I found interesting. I read a comment from someone that did not [...]
December 8th, 2011 | Posted in Question, The Holidays | No Comments
I remember the conversation I had with a friend of my late grandfather’s 8 years ago about his experience during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He had begun that Sunday early with a drive around the island in a new car. That was when he had low flying Zeros pass over him on the way [...]
December 7th, 2011 | Posted in History, World Affairs | No Comments
Since the announcement that Illinois businessman Shahid Khan would be purchasing the Jacksonville Jaguars, a certain ignorant portion of the population have made racist references toward his Pakistani heritage. Mr. Khan is an American citizen and the personification of the American dream. Yet many who have been rightly condemning the racism on message boards and [...]
December 7th, 2011 | Posted in Business Matters, Duval (TSE Local), Sports | No Comments