AMERICAN TROOPS LEAVING GERMANY

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For the best effect, please be sure and watch this MSNBC television news video in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

After first completing Basic Combat Training in Company "D", 3d Battalion, 1st Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington, and then completing the Field Radio Relay and Carrier Equipment Repair (MOS 31 L 20) course at the United States Army Southeastern Signal School at Fort Gordon, Georgia in 1968, Germany was my first assignment.

I was stationed at Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern with Company "A", 11th Air Defense Signal Battalion, 32d Army Air Defense Command.

When I arrived in Germany, my first impression was a bad one, for I was a dumb, backwards, naive, ignorant Private First Class, lonely, and freezing cold.

The chow in our mess hall was inedible swill (the mess sergeant was eventually court-martialed for selling our rations to the Germans).

I tried surviving on the bratwurst und brotchen (which I love!) which I would buy from a stand out on the street, but on a PFC's pay, I couldn't continue doing that, could I?

Fortunately for me, I was sent TDY (i.e., "Temporary Duty Assignment") on Repair Team A-2 to Spangdahlem Air Force Base.

When you are a PFC in the United States Army and you get stationed on a United States Air Force base, it's like you have died and gone to Heaven!

Ooooh, but life on that Air Force base was NICE!!!

What a RADICAL change from the Army!

As a draftee, I was only in Germany for a year, after which I reenlisted to go to the old Republic of Viet Nam.

By the time I left Germany, I loved that country and those people!

They were SOOOO nice to me!

When I went to an Oktoberfest in Kaiserslautern, I joined in with the Germans swaying and singing, while drinking a soft drink, for I'm a member of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints, and don't imbibe alcohol.

I couldn't speak their language and they didn't speak mine, but BOY, those Germans just loaded me up with all sorts of candy, cookies, and pastries!

I wish I could go back there and visit.

I did learn to say, "Mox nix" a lot!

On my personal channel at the YOU TUBE web site, I get lots of compliments from Germans (and other folks in other countries) who see my homemade amateur videos of ME(!) strumming my guitar and singing original songs that I composed, or performing favorite songs that other folks wrote.

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VERY IMPORTANT SPEECH BY SENATOR RAND PAUL

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I saw this video posted at the FREE NORTH CAROLINA web site on Friday 29 June 2012.

For the best effect, please watch the video of this speech in the United States Senate in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

This video was posted at the YOU TUBE web site by United States Senator RAND PAUL, a member of the Republican Party from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, on Friday 29 June 2012.

However, I wonder about his knowledge and sincerity?

We must remember, that on Monday 23 January 2012, in clear violation of Article I, Section 6 of our divinely inspired Constitution of the United States of America, Senator Paul meekly allowed himself to be illegally searched and detained at the airport in Nashville, Tennessee, by rogue agents of the Transportation Security Administration, an incident previously commented on at this web site in my post, "SOMETHING'S NOT QUITE RIGHT - - - ? ".

Why didn't Senator Paul, at the very least, request the Airport Police to enforce the law?

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"The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."  Article I, Section 6,  Constitution of the United States of America

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I find it especially interesting (and disappointing!) that in the following MSNBC television news report, there is absolutely NO mention of the blatant violation of our divinely inspired Constitution of the United States of America.

Furthermore, to date, none of the Transportation Security Administration rogue agents at that airport in Nashville, Tennessee have been arrested or prosecuted.

Why not?

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"WHAT IT WAS WAS FOOTBALL"

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Oh, those childhood memories!

 

I remember listening to this record when I was a small boy in Owensboro, Kentucky, where Mama and us kids lived at Grammaw and Grampaw's house while Daddy was away overseas serving with the United States Army in Korea.

The first time I ever saw a college football game was in Raleigh, North Carolina, when North Carolina State University played Wake Forest University.

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"THE LUZERNE COUNTY RAILROAD"

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This issue is REALLY of paramount importance, as it constitutes blatant violations of the unalienable rights of a private citizen, our divinely inspired Constitution of the United States of America, and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ! ! !

I initially saw this posted at the FREE NORTH CAROLINA web site on Wednesday 27 June 2012, which I then traced to the CATO INSTITUTE web site.

For the best effect, please be sure and watch this automated video series, consisting of eight (08) video recordings, in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

WARNING:  The examples of police misconduct in this first video are EXCEPTIONALLY shocking! 

So, why are those Pennsylvania State Troopers still on duty?

Why haven't they been arrested and prosecuted?

It is just this sort of deliberate criminal misconduct which turns public opinion against police officers and can lead to unnecessary violent confrontations, even to outright gun battles.

Shouldn't the hospital and the medical personnel also be subject to disciplinary action and/or civil litigation for abandoning their patient when the state troopers ordered them to leave the room?

The book, "THE LUZERNE COUNTY RAILROAD", by LARRY HOHOL, in paperback, can be purchased for sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($16.75) at the BARNES AND NOBLE web site, which advertises that shipping for this book is FREE.

LARRY HOHOL

If ever there is to be any justice in this case, I'm guessing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is going to be owing Robert Charles Leone, of Vestal, New York, a cool few million dollars, and in these currently perilous financial days, I'll bet those Pennsylvania taxpayers ain't going to appreciate THAT very much, huh?

ROBERT CHARLES LEONE

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UNITED STATES INVADES UKRAINE ! ! !

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For the best effect, please be sure and enjoy watching this official United States Army video in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

 

United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Surber, a native of Franklin County, Virginia, and a paratrooper with Battle Company of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, parachutes out of a C-130 'Hercules' transport aircraft and into the Ukraine sky near the village of Yavoriv on Tuesday 26 July 2011 during the RAPID TRIDENT field exercise.

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FAVORITE INTERNET WORD PUZZLES

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These are a sample of some of my favorite word puzzles on the computer Internet, from the web sites of the MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary, the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES newspaper, the WASHINGTON POST newspaper, and the LOS ANGELES TIMES newspaper.

For the best effect, please be sure and watch this slide show in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

I only do the crossword puzzles on weekends, because they're the only ones that are (sometimes) intellectually challenging.

All of the other crossword puzzles are just too easy, and therefore, no fun.

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OFFICIAL ZAHAL VIDEOS

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If'n you ever get the chance, then go, go, GO, and visit the land of ISRAEL!

This is why neighborhood convenience
stores don't get robbed in Israel.

For the best effect, please enjoy watching this automated video series of official Zahal recordings in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

If you visit Zahal's official channel at the YOU TUBE web site, you'll see a lot more of their official videos.

I'm particularly interested in these official video recordings because of my own fond memories of my visit to the land of Israel, away back in August of 1971, when I was a young soldier in the United States Army, on a special thirty day leave from the war in the old republic of Viet Nam.

Yep, that's ME, away back in August 1971, touring ISRAEL!

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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

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For the best effect, please be sure and watch this ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE television report in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

I've been reading comments responding to the conviction of Jerry Sandusky, and they almost unanimously are actually cheering and hoping that Jerry Sandusky will get raped in prison.

In the past, I've also seen similar comments posted in response to reports of other heinous criminal activity.

There's no possible way to mitigate or condone anything that Jerry Sandusky (or other heinous violent serial criminals) did.

But, there's an old saying, "Be careful what you wish for. You might get it."

Those who HOPE any man will become the victim of homosexual rape are no different than the men of Sodom, who stood outside Lot's house, demanding he send forth his two guests, in order that they might be subjected to homosexual gang rape.

The details of Sodom can be read in our Holy Bible, in the Nineteenth Chapter of the Book of Genesis.

Thus, we KNOW what the Lord, our God Almighty, thinks about THAT!

Those who idly HOPE for any man to be subjected to homosexual rape have no idea of the full implications of what they're prattling about.

Men who have been victims of homosexual rape, if they are not too embarrassed, can relate the terrible PERMANENT damage done to their psyche, and what a lonely and severe struggle it is to overcome the effects.

I know.

It happened to me when I was a boy.

To this day, I still struggle with it.

I have been to several colleges and universities, but never earned a degree.

I have had several really good jobs, as a soldier, police officer, and firefighter, but never remained employed with any of those agencies long enough to retire from any career.

Fortunately, a few significant things in my life have helped to restore my masculine self image and self respect, or else, my situation would have been a LOT worse.

The most positive influences in my life, the greatest opportunities, were my conversion and baptism into The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints, my induction into the United States Army, my nine years of marriage to a beautiful woman, and learning of my ancestral heritage, and culture.

Now, I'm old, alone, permanently retired for disability, and currently residing rather comfortably in the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

So, I'm okay - - - , sort of. 

But, folks, let's not be so eager to align ourselves with the men of Sodom. 

Let us stop and THINK about what we post on the Internet in response to these heinous crimes, and the impact of our careless words.

If you can believe it, I even had a "friend" wonder aloud why I hadn't committed suicide?

In all too many cases, this is how socio-psychopathic serial murderers are created.

I'm so grateful that I didn't wind up like that, when I so easily could have. 

Indeed, let's consider the multitude of guys out there who were NOT as fortunately blessed as I was.

Those men and/or boys need to be reassured that they CAN overcome the debilitating emotional and psychological effects of their personal trauma, and that, even though bad things do occasionally happen to good people, life still goes on, as our World continues to rotate.

Just because they were sodomized or victimized by predatory homosexuals does NOT mean they, themselves, are homosexual.

As followers of Jesus Christ, if we would truly be our "brother's keeper", maybe we should be asking ourselves, where are those fellows today, what have their lives been like, and how can we help them?

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"THE EMPOWERED MAN"

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Here is the most recent painting by artist, Jon McNaughton, "THE EMPOWERED MAN", along with a video explaining his creation. 

For a larger view, please click on the illustration

For the best effect, please be sure and watch the video and the slide show in "FULL SCREEN" mode.

Be sure to visit and patronize the MCNAUGHTON FINE ART COMPANY web site.

Jon McNaughton

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HEAVENLY LAUGHTER?

************************************************* *************************************************  ********* WARNING ! ! ! ********* This dangerously illegal and immoral subversive underground resistance message is being surreptitiously monitored by the Beaming Internet Government Broadband Radio Oscillation Telecommunications Hearing Electronic Reconnaissance (i.e., B.I.G. B.R.O.T.H.E.R.) as part of a coordinated official clandestine domestic surveillance investigation, in cooperation with the National Administration of Zealous Interrogation (i.e., N.A.Z.I.) and the Commission On Message Monitoring Investigative Electronics (i.e., C.O.M.M.I.E.).  Serious felony criminal charges are pending, with extreme penalties yet to be determined! **************************** Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:  As I was waking up a few minutes ago, I was toying with the idea of calling my brother to tell him a joke.  While I mulled that over, I recalled reading something somewhere on the Internet about the basis of all human comedy being due to our mistakes, and therefore, in Heaven, there is no laughter.  Wow!  Let's think about that for just a bit.  It kind of makes sense.  After all, if you're in a perfect place where everybody is perfect, then where would we ever see mistakes which might cause us to laugh?  Does anyone recall EVER reading anywhere in the Holy Bible or the Book of Mormon where either God, or Jesus Christ, or any of the angels EVER laughed?  Maybe it's in there someplace, but personally, I don't recall having read it anywhere.  Our scriptures tell us that Jesus Christ wept, but where is it recorded that He ever laughed?  What would make Jesus Christ laugh?  This kind of reminds me of an incident in one of my favorite novels, "THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN", by Mark Twain.  Every time I read that book (and I've read it many times since my own boyhood), it has me uncontrollably convulsed, weeping, and rolling with unrestrained laughter.  In one of the chapters, the widow Watson has adopted Huckleberry and is trying to "civilize" the hapless lad by cleaning him up, dressing him in nice clothes, feeding him, providing him with a furnished room, and educating him, all of which makes Huckleberry, our wild wayward waif, VERY uncomfortable.  The widow Watson tells Huckleberry about Heaven and Hell.  In Heaven, folks don't do anything but lie around on clouds all day playing a harp.  Well, Huckleberry responded that Heaven sounded pretty dull, while the description of Hell was a lot more interesting, so he'd rather go to "the other place".  Just writing that has ME laughing right now, and my eyes tearing up!  In the Book of Mormon, we're taught that there must be opposition in all things, otherwise there could never be any progress and none of us would ever learn anything.  If we never learn anything, then how do we ever grow and become like our Heavenly Father?  If we don't do that, then why are we enduring the problems of everyday life on this mortal Earth?  Yes, it's a scientific principle which we learned when we were kids in elementary school.  Without the natural application of the scientific principle of friction, you and I could never crawl, walk, or run, nor could any of our vehicles move.  Without sorrow, how do we appreciate joy?  Without either experiencing or witnessing instances of sickness, injury, and/or physical and/or mental handicaps, how do appreciate youthful vigor and good physical health?  Without either being exposed to, tempted by, or tormented by a knowledge of evil, vice, deviance, perversion, and sin, how do we grow to appreciate wholesome virtue, with purity of body and spirit?  If there were no devil on this Earth, would we still worship God?  Without ignorance and foolishness, how do we appreciate knowledge, intelligence, and/or wisdom?  Without death, how do we learn to appreciate life?  How else would we anticipate and rejoice in our own eventual resurrection and immortality?  So, what do you think about all this?  "In Heaven, there is no laughter."  I ain't no edumicated expert, and I'll be the first to admit my own abysmal ignorance, due to a lack of formal education (a consequence of my ungovernable boyhood waywardness).  Am I way out in left field?  Are there any marbles left upstairs?  Anyway, after writing all this, I think I've forgotten the joke I was going to tell my brother.  Thank you. John Robert "SAIGON" Mallernee Official Bard of Clan Henderson Armed Forces Retirement Home Gulfport, Mississippi  39507  NOTE:  "My unpopular and controversial personal opinions do not represent my Scottish clan." __________________________________ __________________________________ "Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven." Mark Twain __________________________________ __________________________________ In response to this post, here's a comment I just now received from someone who calls theirself, "Tennessee Hunter": Four (04) references to God laughing: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.  Psalm 2:4 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. Psalm 37:13   But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. Psalm 59:8 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; Proverbs 1:26 _________________________________ _________________________________ So, Mark Twain and I were both wrong. There IS humor in Heaven! That's great, 'cause I'd sure miss April Fool's Day, huh? But, seriously, I suspect those verses are a mistranslation from the original Aramaic or ancient Hebrew languages, for the average mortal father does not laugh when his children need correction, so why would our Heavenly Father (or any of us) laugh as His children suffer, no matter what their sin(s)? ************************************************* *************************************************