Me the Army years...

I graduated High School in 1990. We were all so ready to get out in the "real world" and make everything soooo uch better. Well ummmm as it always happens we didn't.



I joined the Army shortly after graduation. Basic wasn't a "shock" for me as my dad and many of his friends prepared me for the school. I thought is was so much bullshit but fun bullshit. I honestly enjoyed it. Every second of every day was planned with little or no down time. We were completly cut off from the world. All information, except for letters, was controlled by the drill sergents.



Get up before the sun. Get the f*ck in yer PT's and get yer lazy a$$es the f*ck down stairs for PT. Push-ups, sit ups, deep knee bends, some stretching and off for a run. After that shower and shave, chow then get the common areas cleaned up. Formation and off for the days training.



I enjoyed the road marches the most. Time with my thoughts. I loved it. The longer the better.



I could go deeper in to basic but I'll save that for another time.



After basic and AIT I was off to Airborne school. What a time that was. The instructers, called Black Hats, are the pure definition of professionalism. So high was the bar set. The rest of the time I was in the Army I tried my best to emulate them.



Airborne school was also fun. Even though had an extreme fear of hights. My father convinced me it was not only the best way to get over my fear but the only way. Well turns out he was right. When you stand in the door of an airplane in flight with an altitude of 1250m you learn to say f*ck it! Jumping was a high. It was just incredible. Defy death! Look that bastard death in the face and laugh. After the school I had 2 months down time. My father knowing just about every swinging dick in the Army at the time got me a slot in Phase 1 HALO at Ft Bragg. There I learned what jumping was about. We learned tracking and canopy deployment. I only got in 7 jumps before I had to hit John Wayne High better known as Ranger School.



No I won't go too deep in to this part of my life. Lets just say I graduated, I feel at least, at the very bottem of my class. I barely survived. But I got my patch. No scroll. I was honestly ashamed of myself att he time that I did so poorly that I felt I didn't deserve a Bat.

Light Bulbs

From NewsBusters:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/09/03/brian-williams-highlights-complaints-eu-going-too-green-light-bulb-ba

I am right in the middle of all this. Now to cover the high lights as of 01 September 2009 the old fashioned light bulbs will no longer be produced within the EU. Stores will be allowed to sell of stock and when thats gone that's it.

With me so far? Good. This is simply a crock of horse piss. I am old fashioned and an traditionalist American. Where does a government have the power or need to tell the private sector what they can or can not produce? Well here they do have the power. But they have taken this a step further. No longer can I private citizen choose what bulbs I would like to buy. No I have to be taken my my little bitty stupid hand and shown whats "right" by the government.

Now on the other hand the bulbs do last longer. AND they do use less enegry. No probs there. But nothing ever produced by humans is perfect. Hence this link:
http://www.wahrheitssuche.org/energiesparlampen.html

It's in German I know. I'm looking for a translated page. If you don't trust me then user your favorite translator.

GOOD POINTS:

1. Use less enegery
2. Last longer
3. Lose less warmth

BAD POINTS

1. Strong electromagnetic fields. Not good for people with pacemakers...
2. They flimmer at high frequencies
3. Bad non natural light source
4. Not very "Green" in the production
5. Mercury is present in the bilbs themselvs
6. When the bulbs are used up they cost a boatload to get rid of. You can't just "toss em"
7. The older the bulb the lower amount of light produced
8. The lifetime of the bulb is lowered if you are constantly turning on and off (Anyone with kids are cringing right now)
9. They are expensive.
10. When they fall and break open the gas released is toxic

So why is this being rammed up our asses? Simple like 99.9999999999% of all "green ideas" are childish and not thought out. "WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OR WE WILL ALL DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Remember back in the 80's (remember I'm 37 no jokes now...) how the world was RACING toword the next ice age? Unless we DO SOMETHING NOW!! Well what happened to that? Just last year we were racing toword the world frying? Now it's all called "Global Climate Change" Not which way but it's changing. Well guys it's been changing since this mud ball of a planet existed. Some greens have even gone so far as to "declair war" on the GCC! WOW! If I wore my hair long and didn't shower I might be impressed. How about declairing war on the sun? I mean it's like super hot and stuff and it makes us like hot and hot is not good for ice it like melts and stuff. Um like lets kill the sun then no more global hot stuff and stuff.

Yes I was poking fun at greenie weenies.

Just last year all the greens were gushing over methenol as THE new fuel. hmmmmm Well it takes more enegry to produce the stuff than you get out of it. A side effect would be the cost of bread rising. But hey no big deal said the greens. then it was found out that the burning of the fuel releases gases that are more harmful to the envoronment than what we have on the roads today.

Shall I go on? I think you get the point.

Now I'm not someone who "hates mother Earth" or what ever you might be thinking. But I only want more time invested in to research in to new ideas. I want the new ideas looked at, taken appart and all plus and minus points found. I am tired of the newest green fad to be passed off as THE solution and left at that only to find out later that it'll kill us faster that what we have now.

I recycle, I try to keep my speeds down, I don't litter and most important I am open to new ideas. I am willing to look at those ideas and see if they could work. B U T I want solid research in to those ideas before they become some kind of law. Like these stupid light bulbs. Here in Germany I'll have to pay to have them disposed of!

WTF????

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133214

ummmmmmmm I am truely speachless. What else can or should I say?

Disgusting? Sick demented? They all fit.

Here in the west every lefty is wetting their pants when they hear about water boarding, sleep deprivation, loud music or strippers during interrogation of Muslims. Interrogations that has give us so much information in to future attacks that were stopped.

Now we have Muslims saying it's OK to rape prisioners!!?? But it's not OK to rape a homosexual when he is enjoying it?? When will people wake up to real life. These scum in Iran who are in charge are just that scum. They deserve a noose and a mass grave.

I'm willing to bet Obama will issue a strong slap of the wrist 2 each and say oh you bad bad boys. If you don't play nice then I won't let you read my speaches and sniff my dirty laundry.

I am waiting with a smile on my face to see how the lefty reporters react to this. So far it's scilence. I'm 99% sure that it won't change.

Me: The early years

Yes thats right it's all about me. Well if you are wondering what kind of an American decides to live in Germany I'll give you a little insight in to me. Your glorious writer of drivel that you have decided to read.

I am 37 years old. I was welped in Aug 72. My father was in the army for almost 30 very proud years. I was born officially on Rhein-Mein Airbase. B U T (there's that stupid word again) un-officially I was born in a skin clinic in Frankfurt. I had a Germany birth cirtificate the whole deal. Because my mother was Danish I also had a Danish passport along with my American and German. Nice eh?

I grew up happy. As happy as anyone else. We moved about every 3 years. Sometimes sooner but hardly later. I loved it. We lived in Germany, Spain, England and all over the US. We visited my father in Egpyt and South Koera when he was stationed there. I have a brother who is, to the day, exactly 18 months older than I am. We faught a hell of a lot growing up. I can't even remember what about. Doesn't matter much anyway. We sometimes went to civilian schools. Meaning schools off post. I can't imagine why someone would be happy staying in one place for so long. At the same time they couldn't imagine living in Germany or England. Wierd eh?

Anyway I grew up with the outdoors. Fishing, hunting, camping, the Boy Scouts, hiking the whole deal. I am at home in the woods. I am trying to pass that along to my daughter. I respect the wild as much as I love it. I'm not some hippy but I leave a camp site just as clean if not cleaner than as I found it.

My mother was a stay-at-home mom. She made damn sure a smiling face was there when we came home. She made us a snack, got us to get our homework done and got ready for supper. She did the laundry, cook and picked up after 3 males whom she loved. She kissed skinned knees and picked up up after football practice. Sadly we lost her last year. My whole life she was a rock. she was someone who I could go to for advice and guidence anytime. I miss her so much.

My dad is my dad. He drove discpline home. He made sure we were respectful and that everything was right in our little part of the world. He also showed us parts of life that my mother couldn't. The Army. Becasue of my father I later decided to become the elete in the Army. An Infantryman. There are non better. Many try but non come close. We let the Marines think they are the best becasue the Jarheads need that bullshit. We don't. We know it and the rest of the human race know it.

My older brother. A heart of gold. Always bigger than me but ready to give the shirt off his back if needed. No questions asked. I always loved my brother. I looked up to him. I always asked myself how could someone be so nice to people? He shaped me in to the person I am today. Always trying to one up eachother we unknowing pushed each other further.

The rest will come later. If you have any questions just let me know. I have little to hide.

This Blog

OK OK OK this blog well it's mine. You don't like it well no probs from me. I have 1 reader so far. Well maybe a few more no idea.

Anyway this blog is ALLLLLL me. My topics. I alone choose what I write about. I might write about politics or cooking. I might write about a drumken weekend or a great weekend with my daughter.

B U T (yep there is one of those) Everything will center around a proud American veteran living and working in Germany. I was married for over 15 years to a German. Well things didn't work out but we don't need to get in to that now do we?

I have a wonderful girlfriend now. She is smart, can cook, sew, has a good job, we like the same music and she is a beautiful woman. Sorry guys no pics. She's mine and she likes it that way! I don't share anyway.

Do you ever....

...have a day where you are just tired. I mean bone tired. The kind that you feel deep in your bones? Not a bad day at all. I'm getting a lot done. Problems solved, orders tested and closed. No probs there.

I am working on my 5th cup of coffee. I know stomach problems, hight blood pressure bla bla bla. I hate Red Bull. Enegry drinks have little of no effect for me so I just don't waste my money on them. I'de rather have a bottle of good wine for the money anyway. sharing it with my girlfriend is soooooo much better anyway. Our discussion over a bottle od wine are wonderful.

No I am just tired. I need a vacation. I haven't had a real vacation in about 4 years. A vacation where I don't have to make decisions, clean, cook, go shopping and all that you need to do to take care of close family members.

I live in Germany. Yep there it is again. Last year my mother passed away. Before she did she called me home. I was there 3 days after the call. My mother was always very proud of a clean house, done laundry and home cooked FROM SCRATCH meals. when I got home to my parents I knew something was not right. So I took it apon myself to help where I could. I did laundry, cleaned, went shopping and got everything back in order. My mother was both thankful and shamed. I tried to calm her by telling her that it was still her hand that guided me. She had taught me years ago to do all those things and to do them right. It was my mother that gave me the love for cooking and baking. For pleasing people with good food. She seemed happy with that.

I was home for 4 weeks. When I cam back home I was beat. I was dead tired. Now I am bone weary. the worst part is I have very little vacation saved for myself. No I'm not bitching about anything. Family is family and will always be. I would do the same again if I could. No questions just get on a plane and go. Work hard for my parents to make sure they are safe, healthy if not happy.

But it does in fact cost me. Like on days like today. It's hard to get out of bed. I am draggin ass all day, and just tired. So I work slower and double check everything. Well shitfar it's a gottin ta be gittin dun don't it?

Am I selfish? A little. Would I decide different about my parents? Never. They need me and I am there. No questions or bad thoughts. I am happy when I can help. they were always there for me.

The left, Hollywood, Castro and Che

http://www.cassyfiano.com/2009/09/idiot-celebrity-hitler-and-castro-were-brilliant-men

I read Cassy's blog daily. I find her writing to be fresh, to the point and very exact. I enjoy her blog very much.

She asked a question on the linked post:

"I don’t understand what it is about Fidel Castro that makes liberals idolize him so. Is it the beard? His rockin’ fashion sense? The smooth way he was able to murder and enslave his people? What? And you know, the same goes for Che Guevara. I know that he looks, like, so dreamy in his little beret, but it doesn’t excuse what he did, except for brain-dead liberals who fancy themselves as fellow “revolutionaries”.

I honestly believe I can asnwer that.

Liberals and those on the left dislike America so much. Castro has stood tall (with the help of the USSR, later China, Viet Nam, N Korea ect) and showed the "big mean nasty USA" the middle finger. Castro did the exact same many on the left cream their pants thinking about doing. They would love so much to do the same that Castro has done for som many years. I have asked these same people the foloowing question and have recieved some very wierd answers or no answers at all.

1. Who bought Castro's sugar thoughout the years?
2. How many people in Cuba are "political prisioners"?
3. Why are no Euro tourists allowed in to many parts of the country?
4. Why are so many people willing to swin 90 miles through shark infested waters to the US if everything is rainbows and unicorns in Cuba?
5. What happens if you are openly gay in Cuba?
6. How many people has Che killed himself?
7. How many people did Che order to have killed?

Normally if I get an answer at it it will be along the lines of " It's the US's fault that we shut out Cuba from free trade, of why do I fear Castro so much.

My answer to the first question is always the same. The USSR bought everything from Cuba. sugar, tobaco and support. The rented land for bases on Cuba. I might add that the USSR bought the sugar and tobaco well above market price. Cuba had more than enough money. Then I counter with the question Angola. Why, if Cuba is sooooo inocent and poor, that Castro sent soldiers, vehicles and equipment to Angola to fight for the communist rebels in that country? It is at this point that I get a blank stare.......and as 99% of the time "Oh you are just a brainwashed American who never see's when your country is wrong." Gee how mature.

So to answer your question Cassy: Liberals love these 2 men so much becasue they want to be like them. Bottem line is they hate their country.