My Vietnam military experience was spent as a section leader for the Fire and Direction Control for a 105 mm towed howitzer unit. We did the calculations for howitzers and directed fire to prescribed targets. One of our jobs was directing Harassment & Interdiction fire. “In 1965, the U.S. military in South Vietnam began conducting […]
Personal Journal
Black Conservatives VS Black Republicans
Recently, I posted on Facebook an article about “Black Conservatives” and as usual I got no response or a single because “Black people are Democrats”. That was heartbreak for my dear departed mother in law. I contend that is a propaganda ploy or better yet a misperception fo many people, including Black people. In an […]
Black Economic Inclusion
For some time now I have been posting on Facebook videos from Dr Claud Anderson regarding PowerNomics, i.e., Black economic empowerment through Black aggregation. I’m relieved that there are young people who are beginning to understand that we need to move in that direction. As I do more research and try to make my blog […]
“Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.”
Juliet: “‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name […]
What did you call me?
I spoke to University Sunrise Rotary this morning about my personal view on race and thought I’d re-post this article in conjunction with that event. This article was originally posted July 22, 2013. It was a sunny Thursday morning, I parked my car behind my office; I felt good. My Rotary meeting had gone better […]
Broken Leg Chronicles #1
Sunday, April 14, 2013. I’m not a church goer but I regularly have lunch with my wife and her mother at Exeter House, my mother-in-law’s retirement community. As I left the house I enjoyed the bright sunlight, the nice colors of spring, with a sense of self-satisfaction since I’d be on time this Sunday. The […]