Nomad News - Volume 2 - No. 30

"There's No Copyright On Common Sense"

'FLIP THIS HOUSE 2010": Motto for the next year. I forget who coined this but it is one I am dedicated to and I hope you will join me and the others who have adopted this. The only way we're going to make a change in Washington is to clean house: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Then, elect new representatives who will run on a policy of term limits for starters. They must sign an oath they will sponsor or co-sponsor a bill setting term limits and then abide by it or out the door. Today we have 35,000 lobbyists in D.C. with fists full of money to buy their way into our pocketbooks. Nepotism is an incurable disease that permeates the entire power structure: We have family or relatives on the payrolls with lucrative salaries, we have retired members of the House and Senate that are now lobbyists or working for lobbyists, we have two generations down that are in the web and if they are not directly attached they are working for corporations that have or are seeking government contracts. This is a power and/or influence web that includes everyone except the taxpayer. You can't penetrate it. It must be destroyed. If it's not started at the voting booth next year it will be done in the streets in the not too distant future. A sign seen at the Washington tea party said it all: "This time we came unarmed".

Don't think your vote or your message to a member of Congress doesn't count. If two kids with a hidden camera can bring down ACORN, think of what we can accomplish if we stick together and don't let up the pressure on Washington. The dismissive attitude the liberal press and the Washington establishment took on the Tea Parties will backfire on them in next year's election if we continue on the attack. As Winston Churchill said: "We will never, never, NEVER give up."

MUST READ: 1. Constitution of the United States of America
2. Declaration of Independence
3. The Fedralist Papers
The first two you are no doubt well aware of but they need to be reviewed regularly and impressed on others, especially the younger generation. No. 3 may not be familiar to some of you but it is also a "must" to understand the first two, especially No. 1.

There are 85 Federalist Papers and the main author was Alexander Hamilton; some by James Madison and a few by John Jay. When the Constitution was submitted to the 13 original states for ratification there was some fear that the people of New York, one of the most important states at that time, would not ratify it so the Federalist Papers were authored to explain how the new government would operate. My guess is, if any current high school student or graduate within the last 30 years was asked about the Federalist Papers the answer would be: "who?". That's a testament to today's government-schooled students and their lack of basic knowledge of what America is supposed to be: a representative republic.

G8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES: In some of my previous dissertations in the field of aeronautics, especially the inventions of the flying belt and the jet engine, I completely forgot about one of my earliest exploits as one of G8's Battle Aces! I was enjoying a cup of coffee with George McKeel, another former pilot and junior old guy, following a recent Sunday after-service coffee hour at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, when George, brought up G8. How could I have forgotten G8? Must be getting old, too. When not flying through the universe with Buck Rogers in pursuit of Killer Kane, I was fighting such bad guys as the Headless Monster with G8 and His Battle Aces in our World War One French Spad aircraft. Whereas Buck Rogers operated out of the newspaper comic strips, G8 was a comic book that I eagerly awaited each edition so see where the next battle would be. Copies were closely guarded and traded.

MY TITLE FOR OBAMA'S LATEST MEMOIR: The Audacity of Hubris.
Actually, I like Rush Limbaugh's rendition after the messiah's put- down in Oslo: The Ego has Landed and his later comment when the messiah was awarded the Peace Prize: "His head now fits his ears".
As I remember, on December 8, 1941 President Roosevelt declared war on Japan and Germany. On September 12, 2001 President W declared War on Terror. All the messiah has done after 8 months in office is change the words to Foreign Contingency Operations and has yet to announce a battle plan. He's "thinking about it". He dishonors the title Commander-in-Chief. The kids in uniform deserve something better. Much better. Reminds me of a comment by Mark Twain: "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it".


I started this issue on October 4 and on Ocxtober 7 I wound up in Cumberland Medical Center when my blood pressure took a dive. I was there overnight and things seem to be normal after a minor adjustment in my medications. Doing a pretty good job of living up to my grandfather's admonition: "Live a long time without getting old". Well, at least it's an Irish saying from someone's grandfather.


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