By: Garry L. Hamilton Was a time in my life when Christmas was simple and unconfused: it was all about the toys. As life plodded onward, there was less clarity but more stuff: it was all about the gifts — to whom you gave them, from whom you got them. And, oh, BTW, Happy New [...]
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By: Garry L. Hamilton Every so often in passing we hear of someone’s having lost a friend and we send our condolences. Occasionally, however, while the event — in and of itself — may not be particularly “newsworthy” to the world, the man in the event is quietly larger than life. I serve as a [...]
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Posted in American Stuff, Authors, Financial, Garry Hamilton, History, Military, Politics, Religion, Survival, Terrorism on Sep 14th, 2011
By: Garry L. Hamilton A former Marine, and a man I’m proud to call friend, recently had a flag raising ceremony at his home in Pennsylvania. The flag raising was attended by Ken’s friends and neighbors (one of whom — a Vietnam veteran himself — helped with the heavy lifting), and an active duty Marine [...]
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By: Garry Hamilton So, I was thinkin’ about the mindset of the Socialist. Not the man-in-the-street socialism beneficiary, but the architect and implementor of socialism. Like, for instance, Big O and his masters and minions. They insist that the end result of their planning and your sacrifices will be the realization of an ideal, a [...]
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By: Garry L. Hamilton Personal Localized Alert Network That’s how they intend to sell this thing? A cute name and a slogan? Don’t we already have a cute name for this? SPAM? Hmm, let’s see . . . …cell phones equipped with special chips and software. Media trying to sound competent. The “special” chips will [...]
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Posted in American Stuff, Authors, Garry Hamilton, History, Military, Politics, Question(s) of the Day, Religion, Survival, Terrorism on May 5th, 2011
By: Garry L. Hamilton Without wishing to get into the partisan “gotcha” politics of “which politician is the bigger liar,” I do have a view on this. Knocking down the WTC twin towers was an act of war. The 1993 WTC bombing was an act of war. The USS Cole attack was an act of [...]
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By: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton My heart is heavy today as one of my longtime friends has begun his final journey here on earth. Bill Bauers was a Navy SEAL – one of the best. He was a casino boss, an inventor and a business man. We met in the arena of politics years ago and became [...]
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By: Garry L. Hamilton The Radio Patriot Friend and fellow blogger “G” wrote of the Glenn Beck /Daily Caller flap: “You know, sometimes we really are our own worst enemies. Today, as a low murmur in the background, I hear rumors of multiple conservative pundits foaming at the mouth about some sort of inequities supposedly [...]
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By: Garry L. Hamilton In response to Pierre Legrand’s post on the registration of gold ownership: Washington State Republicans Betray The Ideals Of Personal Freedom and Our Right To Privacy…We Need A Third Party! Confiscation. After the fashion of previous firearm confiscation programs. First, you get people to register sales/transfers. Then you get people to [...]
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By: Garry Hamilton DEC Founder Ken Olsen A friend sent me this: DEC founder Ken Olsen is dead – Silence at the Mill For many, Ken Olsen was just another “name” in the world of computing. I see him as more than that. We, the computing community (and I, personally) owe him a great deal. [...]
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