Displaying 961 To 990 Of 5,801 Comments Kes, lawyers (pronounced liars) will be the scourge of America. I often wonder if they have a conscience? » Posted By Nirek On November 11, 2014 @ 4:22 am CL, when the banks were bailed out it would have been better not to. Instead we should have given the homeowners enough money to catch up and some to help them get ahead and allow them to refinance at a lower interest rate. Doing that would have cost us less and kept the banks going, too. » Posted By Nirek On November 10, 2014 @ 4:42 pm WOW Monica! You hit on a subject I care very much about. Do this just once and watch how the execs of other corporations act. They will make better decisions with investors money! The only thing that is too big to fail is the USA, in my opinion. Well done with your article! Great subject and the link and video are excellent as well. » Posted By Nirek On November 10, 2014 @ 1:01 pm History, Is It Being Taught Anymore? MBX, I didn’t mean to come off as above the fray. Just don’t think it is fun to see ignorance. I want education of math, science, English, history, and civics. They can teach other subjects but those should be top of the list. In my opinion. » Posted By Nirek On November 13, 2014 @ 7:38 am MBX, there is a problem with our education system when students don’t even know who the Vice President is. That problem is not just in Texas as you point out but all over this country. I for one don’t think it’s fun to blame kids. » Posted By Nirek On November 13, 2014 @ 4:51 am Monica, this is in response to the post above . You are absolutely correct that the leaders (those bought and paid for buy the MIC) care about the almighty dollar even at the expense of American lives. Also the lives of innocent foreigners. Profit for the wealthy who do not put their lives on the line. When enough regular people figure this out we might be able to get the “chickenhawks” out of office. » Posted By Nirek On November 12, 2014 @ 1:50 pm KT, this is why I say we (America) have not learned from our own history or the history of the former USSR in Afghanistan. If we had learned from Vietnam, we would have dealt with Afghanistan and Iraq differently. We would have used diplomacy instead of WAR (several thousand lives lost). » Posted By Nirek On November 12, 2014 @ 1:13 pm Fine with me. We can agree to disagree on some subjects and agree on others. » Posted By Nirek On November 11, 2014 @ 4:19 pm Kes, like you I’ll not encourage him by responding to silly posts. That’s what they are silly. » Posted By Nirek On November 10, 2014 @ 2:49 pm I’ll try one more time. You wrote “Democracy works when great numbers of diverse people participate. Suppressing votes, any votes (even those who disagree with you or who have zero knowledge) is anti-democratic.” Implying that my post was in favor of suppressing voters. » Posted By Nirek On November 10, 2014 @ 1:32 pm Naxos, what makes you think I want to suppress voting? I want people educated so they can and will vote intelligently. As far as foreign affairs, yes we do make mistakes. I want us to learn from those mistakes, not repeat them. America is not the world police force that you seem to think we are. There is the United Nations to police the world. Certainly we are a part of that group and we have an obligation to help in the efforts to keep peace. » Posted By Nirek On November 10, 2014 @ 6:38 am JJ, thanks for the reply. I have no idea when they stopped civics classes. I do believe is it important for people to learn how our government works and how it is both a right and duty to vote. » Posted By Nirek On November 10, 2014 @ 3:52 am KT, if God talked to “w” , he heard him wrong. » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 3:13 pm Kes, your link got me thinking about how teachers seem to fail to teach history. Or is it the curriculum that they have to stick to? I’d also like to know how many students have to take history? I have to agree that “w” never learned any of the history of our Vietnam War or the USSR in Afghanistan. He also , as you say either didn’t pay attention or never took a class in Islamic history. » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 3:11 pm Monica, the information is available today to anyone who wants to look it up. What I saw the teachers had on their lesson plans was some good and some not so good. They didn’t seem to be teaching what I would call important stuff. Maybe they got to the important stuff when I was not there. I tried to get the kids involved in conversation with me. I wanted them to learn from my experience in life. Some did and others refused to talk or even listen. » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 3:05 pm The Weekend Music Thread-Personal Favorites My time was mostly in rice paddies and jungle. » Posted By Nirek On November 10, 2014 @ 5:44 am Monica, the memories are both good and bad. We were there part of the same time. I was there ten months of 1969. Just because that was all the time I had left. » Posted By Nirek On November 10, 2014 @ 5:05 am Remember the motorcycles with the bench seats in front? They were scary to ride in. » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 4:08 pm KT, they all showed a lot of what we infantry had to endure. The Eagle flights were dangerous but I loved flying. Got pushed out from 30 feet one day when we were taking fire. The door gunner wanted us out so the chopper could get away. » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 4:06 pm
» Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 4:02 pm I know there are a lot of songs but Doo Wop is some of the best music…
» Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 4:00 pm Monica, of all the movies about Vietnam I think “Good morning Vietnam” with Robin Williams was the most accurate from my perspective. May Robin rest in peace. » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 3:17 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xB4dbdNSXY Imagine » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 1:07 pm This song takes me back to 1969 when I was in Vietnam… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDrzKBF6gDU The pictures are so like what I saw over there. » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 1:05 pm PPO, I echo you and your feelings. » Posted By Nirek On November 9, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
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» Posted By Nirek On November 8, 2014 @ 3:21 pm Aquarius, great pick! » Posted By Nirek On November 8, 2014 @ 3:16 pm Very good to see you too, Aquarius. » Posted By Nirek On November 8, 2014 @ 3:14 pm
» Posted By Nirek On November 8, 2014 @ 2:13 pmComments Posted By Nirek
Hindsight, pretty good from my perspective.
When the corporations deemed “too big to fail” were bailed out, I was pissed off! Let them fail, put the execs who drove the corporation into failure in jail and confiscate all their misbegotten wealth to be distributed to the people they hurt!
That could not be further from the truth.
Lots of Eagle flights out into the boonies then sweeps back to the Fire Base, drawing fire. Fun times, NOT!
You mention USO, I got to see one USO show. It was put on by folks from the Philippines. They came out to our fire base under heavy guard.
Great song.
Here is one for you , my friend.
Yes the GOP has got us on the eve of destruction. But we wont give up that easy, will we?
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