Nine Years Later

And Barack Hussein Obama is still a No-Show at Ground Zero.

Fallen Heros: Page, Adkinson, Alcaraz, George

Pfc. James Page of Titusville, FL, was killed in a roadside attack, Logar Province, Afghanistan on Aug. 31, 2010.


Also killed were Staff Sgt. Vinson B. Adkinson III, 26, of Harper, KS, Sgt. Raymond C. Alcaraz, 20, of Redlands, CA, and Pfc. Matthew E. George, 22, of Gransboro, NC.

They were assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Bamberg, Germany, which was attached to Task Force Bayonet.

Pfc. Page, holder of a Bronze Star and Purple Heart, was posthumously promoted to the rank of specialist. 

 Requietum en Pacem, Soldiers

This Nation Will Remain The Land Of The Free 

Only So Long As It Is The Home Of The Brave

  - Elmer Davis

Snakes in the Rain

The other day I came home to find a small snake stretched out in front of the stairway I needed to use. Living in Florida, home of 6 species of venomous snakes , I am always cautious when a live (and sometimes dead) slithery thing is within view. This was just a little guy, but hey, a bigger one could be nearby. And the colors/pattern on this one were those of either a corn snake (harmless), a brown water snake (harmless), or a copperhead (not harmless).  His head-shape didn't look triangular, but I wasn't gonna get closer. Now, most snakes don't look for an encounter with humans; they'll even run slither away as fast as they can, but this guy didn't budge, and yes, it was alive.


I wasn't about to step over the thing. I have a respectful fearfulness of them. I  think they belong wherever I am not.

Luckily, a maintenance guy was in the parking lot. So I waved him over, he took a look, got on the radio, and 4 carts of more maintenance guys appeared. It was determined that the snake was harmless and one of the guys used his picker-upper-thing to pick it up and toss it over the fence into the woods from whence it probably came.

So. This got me thinking: WHY (o why o why) are there so many species of venomous snakes? Not just in Florida but world-wide. For example: there are over 20 species of rattlesnake, NOT including subspecies.

You would think that one, maybe two, species of fanged killers would suffice.

Whoever's in charge of evolution needs replacing.

Speaking of Golf

How would you like to be this poor guy:

Golfer's swing sparks 25-acre blaze

Patriot Golf Day

This weekend marks the date of a very special event :

   Patriot Golf Day  

"By participating in Patriot Golf Day, golfers nationwide support the children and spouses of military men and women killed or disabled while serving our great nation."

  So, why has Barack Hussein Obama, Golfer-in-Chief, who loves 
playing golf   (and traveling ) decided to NOT play golf THIS particular weekend?

THAT says much about him, doesn't it?