JDs Bunker

American Journal May 12 2013 Dereliction of Duty Abuse of Power

JD — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:04:12 +0000

Dereliction of duty. What greater duty does a President have than the protection of American citizens? Most especially those performing the government’s work in a foreign land. To neglect that most important duty and then blatantly lie about it to the American people is disgraceful. I do not know how any American serving in danger [...]

American Journal May 5, 2013 Forty years ago

JD — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:23:09 +0000

My sweetheart and I had relatively similar starts in life. Hers began in a rural South Korean farming village where at the time both drivable roads and electricity were in short supply. Mine started in a West Virginia coal mining camp. Yesterday, we celebrated forty years of marriage. Our friends sent us a card pointing [...]

American Journal April 28, 2013 Bad Moon Rising

JD — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:16:52 +0000

We have reached a time in history, for ourselves, our country and the world where each of us will have to choose a way forward. Before doing that, we must all understand what we value and on what our personal and national foundations rest. A few days ago, I was driving on a two lane [...]

American Journal April 21 2013 Growing Weary

JD — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:17:32 +0000

I am growing weary of flags flown at half-staff. Weary of politicians offering nothing but their “heartfelt” thoughts and prayers as payment for the incompetence and suicidal ideations that led us to the faux solidarity symbolized by lowering our national flag as if in a subservient bow. Then in the next breath, use those to [...]

American Journal April 14 2013 America Held Hostage

JD — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:46:10 +0000

I never thought life’s turns would make a hostage of me. Not in free America. When you are young and doing what you love to do, the future is not of much concern. During my Army years, I saw the promise of a meager Army pension as a bit of earned security. In the event [...]

American Journal April 7, 2013 Losing the language, losing the culture

JD — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:12:10 +0000

We are losing our Christian culture. America the idea is being replaced by America the place. It is undergoing fundamental transformation into something totally alien to our founding principles. The antithesis of the shining light it set out to be. Having a conversation these days sometimes makes one feel like he just fell off the [...]

American Journal March 24, 2013 10 simple rules

JD — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:39:53 +0000

God gave us 10 commandments. Ten simple rules for life. I am grateful the he did not first run them through the United States Congress or seek blessing from the Supreme Court of the United States. The United States Constitution is not much larger than the two stone tablets Moses brought down from Mount Sinai. [...]

American Journal March 17, 2013 Wacko Birds

JD — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:25:19 +0000

Homeland Security classifies military Veterans as potential terrorists. Senator Feinstein from San Francisco, the place that provides us with so many great political minds like don’t call me ma’am Barbara Boxer, claims, “a Veteran may be mentally ill and should be prevented from purchasing firearms.” The declaration came during a discussion about exempting military retirees [...]

American Journal March 11, 2013 Soldiers Slighted

JD — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:11:51 +0000

Recently, my wife and I received our letters. They were signed by W. Bryan Gamble, M.D., FACS, Brigadier General, US Army. His signature block identifies him as the Deputy Director of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs. “Beginning October 1, 2013, TRICARE Prime [our healthcare insurance] coverage will not be available [...]

American Journal March 10, 2013 with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence…

JD — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:37:03 +0000

I am Christian. If that proclamation offends you, then it is you who are insecure certainly not I. I do not shudder at the thought of confrontation with the American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom from Religion Foundation, or any of a number of Godless oriented organizations bent on removing God from American society. I do [...]

American Journal March 3, 2013 Shotgun Joe and Paper Guns

JD — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:49:19 +0000

Last week was a hoot with Americans firing their shotguns into space and off back porches. We could not, however, follow Shotgun Joe’s advice this week. Good steel doors are simply too expensive to ding up with buckshot. Besides, if the bad guy is on the other side of the door I do not need [...]

American Journal February 24, 2013 Freedom for Sale

JD — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:51:17 +0000

There was real excitement here on the hillside last evening. We have not had such fun since Grandpa grabbed the Ben-Gay tube instead of the Preparation H. We decided to follow Vice President Biden’s advice. The advice he says he gives his wife whenever she hears someone prowling around in the woods out back of [...]

American Journal February 17, 2013 Conscripts

JD — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:38:56 +0000

Not long after I enlisted into the Army, the draft ended. We became an all volunteer force. Many people who might have served time in the Armed Forces, never would again. Army Reserve and National Guard units would no longer be the place where professional athletes, the other wealthy and the sons of politicians spent [...]

American Journal February 10, 2013 Forfeiting Freedom

JD — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:49:30 +0000

It has not been long since much of the country professed outrage over the Patriot Act. Especially the piece of it dealing with wiretaps – or government eaves dropping. Collecting and maintaining information on those of us who are not terrorists or criminals. Loss of privacy for all of us was determined necessary collateral damage [...]

American Journal, February 3, 2013

JD — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:34:00 +0000

A motivatin’ over the hill… I like many old rock and roll tunes. On the way home the other night, Johnny Rivers came on singing his version of the Chuck Berry hit, Maybellene. Released in 1955, it was a song from better times in America. At least in my view it was better times. The [...]