The Global War on Terror (GWOT) is over according to President Obama; now our troops are serving on Overseas Contingency Operations. Actually the GWOT was a misnomer; we weren’t and aren’t fighting terror–we’re fighting the...
I really can’t believe that our Congress passed that huge spending bill! Whether or not you think that our nation needs an economic bail-out (I don’t), any member of Congress who voted for a huge spending bill like that without having...
In the last, perhaps, 10 days we in West Michigan have been honored to welcome home from combat duty in Iraq and Kuwait nearly 500 soldiers from the Michigan National Guard. Three hundred and twenty troopers from the 1st Squadron, 126th Cavalry...
The House just passed a Terrorist Surveillance Compromise Bill. This after nearly a year since the Director of National Intelligence warned Congress that we were missing vital intelligence needed to protect the nation. br /br /I have no idea why it...
Graded category #2. We are at war and must win. Plan to exploit success in Iraq. The bravery and blood of our brave warriors has purchased for the world and for the nation two Mideastern nations, Iraq and Afghanistan, which are not dominated by...
I’ve been reading a lot of websites as I evaluate the various candidates for president. I’ll be issuing the Colonels Report Card on these candidates on 13 Jan–just before the Michigan Presidential Primary Election on the 15th...
All the reports from the Mideast show that our troops are doing magnificantly. They are brave, resourceful, and dedicated. If there is one quite common characteristic among our troops, it is that they believe in what they were doing over there;...
This Tuesday, 4 December the Congress will return to “work” after a 14-day Thanksgiving vacation. Further, they intend final adjournment on 21 December. That leaves 17 calendar days for them to enact major money legislation to keep the...
“One who loves his country and zealously supports its authority and interests” is the definition of “Patriot” in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary. If this definition is valid, and I believe that it is, then many politicians can no longer wave the...
I truly can not believe that our Congress is deliberately refusing to fund our troops while they are in combat!!! Does anyone think that this fails to encourage our enemies? Can this fail to discourage our troops? Having lead soldiers in combat in...