Recent content by Johnny-Baseball

"Crazy" as sung by Patsy Cline was, as recently as the late 1990s, the most played song on juke boxes. Willie Nelson wrote the song in about 1960. Cline recorded it in 1961 after being persuaded to do so by Willie himself. Cline's recording was backed by Floyd Cramer on piano and the...

Ah yes. My grandmother used to tune in KFJZ (Fort Worth am station) and listen to old broadcasts of Bob Wills' band, and its predecessor - The Light Crust Doughboys. She babysat my sister and me in the early 50s while mom and dad were at work, at their 3-acre plot in Dallas just south of the...

The favorites of my youth: Leatherstocking Tales (edited: James Fenimore Cooper). The Horatio Hornblower series of books (British navy in the 1700s). And a series about salvage operations in the Red Sea and North Africa during WW II. Update: The Leatherstocking Tales, all written by Cooper...

My three kids each wanted to live off-campus in apartments. So, I made them a deal: I'll pay for an apartment ONLY IF you take and pass 12 hours of summer school. They each did. This compressed a 4-year degree into three. What many don't appreciate is that the room and board cost incurred...

Must have been the Rust armorer.

22 carat. Better?

I corrected my post. I flew in a Huey. I didn't fly in a Blackhawk until 30 years later. Thanks for "politely" bringing that to my attention.:)

My first ride was in 1972: in an unmarked Huey [edited - I originally, erroneously said "Blackhawk" because that's what my son flies. Sorry.] piloted by no-insignia Thai military. My friend (the local CIA operative who used our crypto comms) invited me to go with him. "Where?" I asked...

I like revolvers: I like to hold, clean and occasionally shoot them. But I don't carry them. I own a couple of them - a Ruger SP101 and a S&W Model 38 - that I rely upon for indoor back-up self-defense. I have several 1911-style pistols: I like to hold, clean and occasionally shoot them. But...

My "piece of paper" college bachelors degree diploma was a non-negotiable prerequisite to becoming a CPA (it was a state law. Today state law mandates a masters degree in accounting). That diploma got me hired as an accountant with Arthur Andersen (which in those days was described as the...

And there's the difference. TV programming is, inordinately, slanted towards Socialist/Leftist viewpoints. It is, after all, a product of Hollywood. Books, and particularly non-fiction books, written years/decades ago are much less effected by the Left. I tend to read books on history...

Midshipmen are students at the Naval Academy (Annapolis). Midshipmen are nothing unless/until they graduate. Upon graduation some become Marines; the rest become Naval officer. If they don't graduate, some enlist, while others depart the military. Cadets are students at the US Military...

Governmental websites note that 10% of Marines deployed to the Pacific theater suffered casualties versus 5% for the Army. Now, considering Marines had no "support/supply/logistics" personnel, their higher casualty rates make sense. Those websites report that Marine KIAs in WW II (all...

I read, and re-read, and re-read again my original post. Nowhere did I assert that "Judeo" morality and Christian morality are in any way similar. My conclusion about Marxism is at the core of my post. If you disagree you're free to say so. Just remember, my post expressed my personal...

This is my personal view: Judeo-Christian morality is the core value of Western Civilization. Right and wrong, in the Old Testament, were defined by written laws - and compliance with those laws was based on the observations of other men's acts. In the New Testament, Jesus raised the bar -...