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Left HS before report cards came out. Enlisted in the Marines for four years. By the time those years were over, I was hooked - they had me for life. Spent nearly ten years as enlisted. Received a Silver Star, Bronze Star w/V, Purple Heart as a Sgt during first RVN tour. Upon returning to the State's received a combat commission to 2Lt. Retired after 36 total years as a Colonel. Book follows my career, but is more about the heroes with whom I served, the great mentors I had, and the leadership principles they instilled in me.
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Capitalism VS Socialism

A cynic is someone that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde

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Tom Nicholson

October 13 at 6:44pm ·

A guy looked at my Corvette the other day and said I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that sports car cost.

I replied I am not sure, it fed a lot of families in Bowling Green, Kentucky who built it, it fed the people who make the tires, it fed the people who made the components that went into it, it fed the people in the copper mine who mined the copper for the wires, it fed people in Decatur IL. at Caterpillar who make the trucks that haul the copper ore. It fed the trucking people who hauled it from the plant to the dealer and fed the people working at the dealership and their families. BUT,… I have to admit, I guess I really don’t know how many people it fed.

That is the difference between capitalism and welfare mentality. When you buy something, you put money in people’s pockets, and give them dignity for their skills.

When you give someone something for nothing, you rob them of their dignity and self-worth.

Capitalism is freely giving your money in exchange for something of value.

Socialism is taking your money against your will and shoving something down your throat that you never asked for.
I’ve decided I can’t be politically correct anymore.

(I never was, actually)

Originally posted 2016-11-06 12:05:19.

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WEAR RED ON TUESDAY

red-shirtREMEMBER to wear red when you go to the polls on Tuesday. Can’t have any political logos or candidates names or anything like that on it. Just a plain red shirt. If you have been living under a rock of late — as I have been wanting to do LOL — the purpose is to show there are people at that polling place who belong to the GOP. If the media is there and they film folks with red shirts and suddenly that voting district produces no GOP votes as allegedly happened in several districts during the primaries, they’s been caught.

I truly believe this is going to be the most fraudulent election of my lifetime.  And I think it will get ugly fast.

Originally posted 2016-11-06 10:39:56.

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Here We Go Again

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You know what? I am so sick and tired of reading about this woman who could very well be our next POTUS. So, here’s another one dealing with her using her maid as one of her many secretaries to aid her as Sec State by printing documents that were clearly marked as classified. Big deal? Well, yes it is, but the point is, it is but one piece of her personality traits, her treacherous ways, her lying, her deceit, her carefree use of power, her disregard for the lives of others. The woman has so much baggage I am simply dismayed by how anyone can see past all that and pull the voting lever for her.  It has to be someone who does not think like me, or love this country as I do. It has to be someone who uses a gauge to select a person for the highest office in the world that is totally foreign to me. OMG We need a divine intervention here or we as a Nation are doomed.110416santos_05rs_135877826

http://nypost.com/2016/11/06/clintoected-her-maid-to-print-out-classified-materials/

 

Originally posted 2016-11-06 10:27:20.

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Trump or Her. That’s it!

Another barn burner from Col Andy.  And an opportunity for me to say something to the voters. There are only two choices here folks, but you say whoa, there are several running. That’s true, but you still only have two to choose from. A vote for anyone, except Trump (even Micky Mouse) is a vote for “Crooked Hillary.” Do you really understand that? As my neighbor said to me that although he is a member of the GOP, he cannot vote for Trump because he has too much baggage, (yeah I know, I damned near fell off my porch laugfhing when he declared that asinine statement). So, he is going to vote for one of the other near-do-wells running.  Okay, there is a GOP vote for Crooked Hillary, because all the other guys running don’t count.  Perot got Clinton elected. So if you claim to be a member of the GOP and you do not vote for Trump OR you do not vote at all you are electing Crooked Hillary.  Thanks. Not!

col-andy

http://acoloneloftruth.blogspot.com/2016/11/what-james-comey-really-said-in-writing.html

Originally posted 2016-11-04 15:53:16.

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From A Fellow Marine

Wow, wow, wow! I have heard many discussions on abortion, but I have never ever heard it explained in these terms. Do you wonder of which party he speaks, care to guess? This is a must hear before you pull any lever come Tuesday,  and it doesn’t matter if you believe in God or not. Listen to him and you tell me of whom he speaks, if you dare!

https://youtu.be/881aDDE5qFY

Originally posted 2016-11-02 15:52:41.