Friday, May 9, 2014

Fed Chair Outlines the Reality of Debt

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Most American's don't understand that our Federal Budget and Debt is going to ruin this country and likely take the world with it lo...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

Tax the gas more

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The Virgini a n-Pilot © May 3, 2014 Tax the Gas More If you want a measure of how ineffective and spineless our elected officials are...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

US reporter Simon Ostrovsky Captured in Ukraine

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Dear Secretary Kerry, I'm very concerned about the safety of US reporter Simon Ostrovsky. While filming in Slavyansk,...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

CO2 Math

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Math is the universal language of science and search as you might you will not find a unified equation explaining how trace amounts of CO2...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Zombie Idea

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"Zombie idea - It's an idea that should have been killed by evidence, but refuses to die."  Paul Krugman, NY Times A 33% inc...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Afordable Heath Care Act Changes

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Recently the Obama administration extended the March 31 enrollment deadline for those that began, but could not complete, an application for...
Saturday, March 22, 2014

Sea Levels Will Rise 5 feet in next 86 years - BS!

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"Leaders float plan to find ways to deal with sea rise"   Virginian-Pilot March 21, 2104 In Friday's paper Ben McFarlane wa...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Eastern Ukraine Will Fall Without Miltary Aid

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Ukrainian is divided by the Dnieper River with mostly Russian speaking Ukrainians in the East.   It's no mystery that Vladimir Putin wil...
Monday, March 17, 2014

FAA-2012-0731-0008

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"Your comment will be viewable on Regulations.gov after the agency has reviewed it, which may be an indefinite amount of time. Use you...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

Inbound Washington D.C.

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Many Americans don't realize that small General Aviation (GA) planes can and often do land at every large public airport in the United S...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Senate Democrats Plan Climate Change Filibuster

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I'm one of those pesky scientists (by education) that say the 33% increase in atmospheric C02 is due to man, the Earth is warming and s...

Ignoring the Cost of Offshore Drilling

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This Sunday's edition of the Pilot’s Opinion section pointed out federal law prevents Virginia from earning oil royalties from off shore...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

US Navy Below 250 Warships?

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The only thing Navy experts agree upon is our 100% track record of not knowing what the next conflict is going to look like or be fought ...

Jim Hansen - Not the Muppet Guy

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Mr. Jim Hansen attended my dad's alma mater, the University of Iowa, and graduated with a B.A. in Physics and Mathematics in 1963. He ea...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Charles Krauthammer Under Attack

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Ever since my Naval Academy days I've loved the Washington Post and not just for the awesome Sunday comics.  I cherish the Post for cont...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Global Warming gives way to Climate Change

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As frigid polar air shatters records across the United States, the timing of Michael Mann's recent Virginian-Pilot "other views...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Privatize Virginia's ABC Stores

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Kerry Dougherty's recent column in the Virginian Pilot "Let's Party Like It's 1933" reminded me of Governor McDonnell...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Is Virginia Beach Morphing into a Police State?

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For 22 years I’ve lived in Virginia Beach and last night I got my first speeding ticket.  The flashing lights indicated I missed the 50 to 4...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Snowden - Man of the Year... Almost

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Mr. Snowden for right or wrong has exposed just how far, in the name of national security, the government has gone as it continues to pummel...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

My Own Health Care Debacle

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After trying for weeks on October 28th I was able to enroll in the the Health Care Market Place.  Once I understood the coverage, the cost a...
Monday, December 9, 2013

The ACA Violates the Constitution

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) violated the Constitution’s Origination Clause because it raised revenue but did not “o...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

23andMe Genetic Testing

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Alberto Gutierrez Center for Devices and Radiological Health 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 Dear Mr. Gutierrez, ...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Regulatory capture

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"Regulatory capture" GOOGLE "Regulatory Capture" and learn... OMG!
Friday, November 15, 2013

From the Democratic Leader

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What's In The Health Care Reform Bill For You? July 14, 2009 Without reform, the cost of health care for the average family of four...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

I agree

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"I agree with you" Just a few minutes ago I heard those wonderful words for my significant other.  She agreed with my main conc...