: About Me

I am a quiet man with older morals, values, and train of thought. I have lived in Europe and America during my tours of duty with the United States Military. I support mandatory military service time for ALL males between 19 and 32.

I love my country and serve it proudly today in a civilian capacity.

Let me be clear, I don't support lazy, social program, consuming people. I pay my taxes and I expect you to pay yours. There is a difference between USE and ABUSE of social programs and it has nothing to do with the two letters in one of the words.

I believe in our justice system, believe there are not enough police, and I think jails are too soft on criminals. I believe in repealing the death penalty, but only if it speeds up the process. Victims die on that day, criminals might die 33 years later.

"Build a wall and deport them all" It would be safe to say that I view ILLEGAL immigrants or "Undocumented Aliens" as criminals that should not be housed in American jails, rather removed by soldiers to a country of our choosing. They should not have rights. Citizens should be the only persons to have rights in this country.

We speak ENGLISH here in America and I expect you to assimilate like my ancestors did some time ago. I feel that it is discriminatory to provide for one language without making the same concessions for all the others in the world (and I mean ALL 6500 other languages). So when you are in the local blue colored building center let the manager know that he needs to add all 6500 other languages to his signs above the aisles and the instructions on the automated telephone should instruct the caller on what number needs to be pressed for EACH of the 6500 world languages.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Gun control is related to shot patterns on your target.

Finally, you are entitled to your opinion and I won't be offended even if you are WRONG!

My passion is ...

Playing with my kid.

I know too much about ...

Geico Auto Insurance and their caveman.

My parents always told me ...

Use your manners, respect your elders, ask for permission, and Answer with Yes or No SIr or Ma'am.

My childhood ambition ...

To have all the tonka vehicles and english matchbox cars.

My favorite memory ...

witnessing history: The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 in Germany.

Why I write ...

To make you read.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Green Building / Gasoline prices / Red Rider,"Lunatic Fringe"

My first job ...

Parking cars at an underground tourist attraction.

My best moment ...

Shaking my Dad's hand after graduating from College and Infantry Boot Camp.

My inspiration ...

Thirteen Stripes, Fifty Stars, Red, White, and Blue.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: The rewards of owning a pet

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If there is one single reward to owning a pet, it has to be the ability to rename it several thousand times. Afterall, when we are born we get one full name, a middle name, and a last name. Bor-ring. The character of your pet will inspire many unique and clever names that you probably never imagined yourself repeating. So you think we adopt pets. Wrong. When my cat arrived at the house he selected me. Silly humans, we should know better. Cats select people, people do not select cats. I adopted a stray from the neighborhood or rather he adopted me and my house. A foundling unlike others in ...

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