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This is the blog of a middle-aged man trying to make sense of the world by dissecting the intersection of politics, science, investments and aircraft construction. My wife suggests that I lighten it up with the occasional vegan recipe or photos from our beautiful hikes on both coasts... Nah.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Government Tracks Who You Mail and Who Mails You...

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Should I Stop Using a Return Address? In 1979 the Supreme Court created the "third-party doctrine", that Americans lose their e...
Monday, August 5, 2013

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US Health Care in the 21st Century As the United States slowly recovers from recession, the European Union struggles and Britain continue...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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Is the United States worse off than Detroit? Detroit went bankrupt owing $19 billion, which breaks down to $27,000 per Detroit resident. ...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

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Abortion Clinics -vs- Keystone Pipeline " The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to b...
Monday, July 8, 2013

Foreign Assistance Act

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Section 508 of the decades-old Foreign Assistance Act stipulates: "None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursu...

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Are you sure we don't live in a Police State? In the aftermath of the Asiana 214 crash I saw a boy, maybe 14 years old, being inter...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

COLLECTING MORE DATA THAN YOU THINK

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The Virgini a n-Pilot © June 20, 2013 COLLECTING MORE DATA THAN YOU THINK FOR 60 YEARS, the National Security Agency has been protecti...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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  Congressman Scott is Right - Metadata will be abused For sixty years the NSA has been protecting the US against foreign ...
Monday, May 27, 2013

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 Growth of Government Today within the executive branch of the federal government there are fifteen cabinet secretaries. These are the Pr...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

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How can Congress Reduce the Cost of Gas? For starters consider modify the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

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The Federal Income Tax Turns 100! The 16th amendment was passed and 100 years ago American's started paying income tax.  Initiall...
Monday, April 8, 2013

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Could Virginia stop taxing corporations? I've talked to many Virginians about the idea that corporations shouldn't be taxed becau...
Friday, March 22, 2013

New Virgina State Budget Allots 50% to Education

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As the North Carolina legislature debates the possibility of phasing out their state income tax, our elected leaders comment Virginia shoul...
Monday, March 4, 2013

More Individual Health Care Insurance

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        More Individual Health Care Insuranc e Dr. Ben Carson's ideas on healthcare are intriguing.  Recently, I stumbled upon a simi...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Am I a Gun Nut?

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A few years ago I purchased a handgun that came with a 15 round clip and being EX military I didn't think anything of it, but when Senat...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Bad Guys With Guns

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Guns   The right to bear arms is NOT about blasting Bambi or shooting ducks, it's about a well regulated militia being necessary to ...
Friday, January 4, 2013

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The 80/20 Rule As we go partway over the fiscal cliff it dawned on me that Washington is invoking the 80/20 rule. In 2011 Warren Buffet...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

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Honestly - They Sky is Not Falling The call on the answering machine was clear and concise. There would be an armed guard at every Virg...
Friday, November 30, 2012

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Why Not Go Over the Fiscal Cliff? For starters the DOW will likely drop 900 points and 1.5% trillion dollars in equity will evaporate i...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Election Day 2012

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Election Day 2012 It's the morning of November 6th and a few days back I called the race for the President.  Now with the stock marke...
Monday, September 17, 2012

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 Do Nothing Congress... "Congress is on pace to make history with the least productive legislative year in the post World War II era...
Monday, August 6, 2012

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Curiosity Lands on Mars! I have to admit that the possibility of the Martian rover Curiosity crashing into a mountain three miles tall an...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

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"A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner." English proverb          
Monday, July 9, 2012

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The Virgini a n-Pilot © July 7, 2012 We need some price tags Recently, former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle, a Democrat, said, 'Health car...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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Transparent Healthcare Last Sunday Tom Daschle said "Healthcare is probably the only sector in this economy where at time of purcha...
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