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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Congratulations, Julie and Mark

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Best wishes on your wedding anniversary.   I am sure you celebrated by wining and dancing.  We are joining your celebration by having red be...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Captain of Pickens forces crew to get boot camp haircuts

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We were just a few days away from San Francisco (1945).  We had been briefed and knew we would be there only long enough to take on troops a...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Awards and symbols of accomplishment can regain meaning

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Among the massive amount of junk in our garage are boxes of small and large plaques earned by  one or the other of the former 4-H'ers in...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Remembering World War II veterans

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I have just received some sand from the World War II Museum which I will keep as a tribute to those who fought on Pacific beaches. As VJ Day...

Unemployment is not getting better

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In the more than two years since the stimulus went into effect, the United States has 1.9 million fewer Americans with jobs.  This is accord...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Permits for oil and gas drilling in Gulf would create jobs.

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Any reader of this blog knows I have called time and again for drilling in the Gulf to be resumed in full.  We need the oil and gas and the ...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

66 Years Ago Pickens nears San Francisco

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As I was preparing some pictures of the USS Pickens to mail and thus got to thinking about where the ship and we aboard her were at  this ti...