FishFear

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.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

F/A-18 Hornet -vs- F-35 JSF

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Reduce Jet Noise in Virginia Beach Oceana was here before the "City" of Virginia Beach but for the most part (F-4 notwithstandi...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act

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Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act There has been little public support for the repeal of the Gun-Free School Zone Act other than from act...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

The Republican Party

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The Republican Party was founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854 and Abraham Lincoln was it's first President in 1861. On April 8th,...
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...
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