Sunday, May 20, 2018

On School Shootings

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I am going to express my opinions about school shootings.  Let me start off by saying that I am a member of the NRA and am a strong advocate...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Draining the Swamp

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Here we are about 8 months into the Trump administration.  And I am shocked that the Senate and the House, both under Republican majoritie...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

On North Korea

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Time for the US to conduct a preemptive massive nuclear strike on the DPRK. The DPRK has successfully tested fission and fusion devices. ...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Gun Rights and the Right to Carry

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Here is my proposal to address many things going wrong in our country today.  The main issues that this proposal helps to address are: 1. ...
Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Honoring Charlie Hebdo

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In honor of the expression of free speech by the team at Charlie Hebdo and everywhere else in the world that supports it: If you believ...
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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Hands Up, Don't Shoot and I Can't Breath

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I can't take it any more.  I've been publicly silent about this too long.  And yesterday (20 Dec 14) the inevitable happened; two of...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

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2013 NCAA Champions! Congratulations to the UL Cardinals Men's basketball team.  They won a great game on Monday night, 8 Apr 13, aga...
Friday, March 15, 2013

More on Gun Rights

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I recently wrote to my new freshman congressman, Mr. Scott Peters. I wrote on the issue of gun rights and I was pleased to receive the foll...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Newtown, Aurora, Webster, Taft; Gun Control

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I am a strong supporter of civilian gun ownership, without restrictions.  My support is based on the US Constitution and the 2nd Amendment :...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013

2013 Sugar Bowl

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I couldn't have been more surprised to see Louisville not only win the 2013 Sugar Bowl, but to win it convincingly.  I had expected a...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012

What is $16 Trillion?

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Today, 4 September 2012, the US National debt climbed past $16,000,000,000,000 (sixteen trillion dollars).  What is that?  How can you come ...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Fallen Heroes / Cheaters

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Now, today, it's Lance Armstrong .  Recently it was Joe Paterno , Barry Bonds ,  Mark McGwire ,   Rod Blagojevich .  Years ago it was P...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

On Joe Paterno

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Today Joe Paterno , the (now tarnished) legend, died. Of course, I did not know the man personally. I do not know what was in his heart. ...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

War in Iraq Ends

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My most heartfelt thanks to the people of our military, and that of the UK. You stood tall for all the years of this war and served your na...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

Sam and Mariette Wed

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14 October, 2011, La Jolla, CA: Sam and Mariette married in a beautiful location along the beach in the company of many family and friends...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Kentucky Colonel

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Thanks to mom, I've been commissioned a Kentucky Colonel . A hip hip hooray to the Colonels for their charitable work!
Monday, August 02, 2010

My son is engaged?

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My son popped the question on Friday, 30 July 10. She said yes. Hard to believe that my first born is at that stage in life. How old does...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Farewell Freedom Hall

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6 March, 2010. Louisville, KY. The University of Louisville team, after many, many years, played its last game in Freedom Hall. I was for...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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I received this great picture of my niece and her two daughters earlier this week. From left to right its Addi, Sarah, and Stella. Great p...
Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Welcome to the World of Sling

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Did I mention that Ladan gave me a Slingbox SOLO for my birthday? Nice stuff. She got it off of Amazon, which had the best price by a lon...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Restoring Government of, by and for the People

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At first, this might sound like an impossible idea, but I think that over a sufficiently lengthy implementation period, perhaps five years, ...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Mobile Phone Wars

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Updated on 22 Jan 2012: I now have an iPhone4, for about a year now, and I'm updating this post and my suggestions to reflect the curren...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

All BD'd Up!

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With the loss of MovieBeam , I've been without good HD content, except that which TWC sends down the cable. To be sure, the NFL in HD ...

Trap and 5-Stand

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With my son having presented me with a Mossberg 535 at Christmas we joined the San Diego Shotgun Sports club. Many weekend mornings now we s...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Move That Bus!

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"Move that bus!" on 14 Nov 07. What a week and a once-in-a-lifetime event for my brother Patrick and his family, Patty, Patrick, ...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Only by the grace of God

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The 2007 San Diego Wild Fires devestaded our neighborhood. Our house was spared, and is undamaged. Our family got out with minutes to spare,...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

Henry Arch Hughes, 8 Jul 29 - 11 Oct 07

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At 3:55 EDT today, 11 Oct, 2007, my father Henry Arch Hughes died. God has ended his suffering and taken him from our presence to be with Hi...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

We Must Win

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According to "Der Spiegel", this week "when [US] voters hit the ballot box in November 2008, they will be looking for more th...
Monday, April 09, 2007

A Nation at War?

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"The U.S. is not at war. The military is at war." (Brig. Gen. Stephen Mundt) We are brandishing our sword, but we're not putt...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Orange Bowl Victory

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What a great season for Louisville football this year. Capping it off was a hard fought win in the Orange Bowl tonight, 2 Jan 06. Great job ...
Monday, December 18, 2006

Christmas Time

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It's almost Christmas. The tree is up. There are wrapped packages. The children are home from school. My family and I are living in ...
Wednesday, November 08, 2006

US in Iraq Too Long?

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I hear we've been in Iraq for almost four years now. People point out that that's longer than our participation in WWII. Interesti...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Dear Mr. Blair

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"The danger is if they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage. We need them involved," Blair said, spelling out his politi...
Friday, May 05, 2006

Citizenship Amendment

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Section 1 of the 14th Amendment has been misused for too long now. All of the freed slaves from the Civil War era have been enfranchised. ...
Sunday, April 16, 2006

Happy Birthday Stella

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Stella Katherine Teeters, daughter of Sarah Jean Logsdon and Jaymes Harvey Teeters. Born at 5:30 p.m on 14 April, 2006. She's the catch ...

General, please sit down and shut up!

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Retired general's calling for the resignation of political leaders? Is this a good thing? While on the one hand any person in our functi...
Monday, March 27, 2006

The word is "Illegals"

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Illegal aliens. I wonder why those that don't want immigration controls object to this term? Let's see.... Illegal: http://dictionar...
Friday, March 10, 2006

Patrick Henry's Birthday!

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Happy Birthday nephew! See his web site at http://www.patrickhenryhughes.com/ >

More on the MovieBeam Launch

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I've been quite busy lately with MovieBeam. When you put a product into the consumer market place, there's a lot to do and a lot of ...
Monday, February 13, 2006

Happy Valentine's Day

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To my wife, my son, and my daughter. You are my life. You are my joy. I'll always love you all.

Welcome MovieBeam!

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Today is the day. After two years of work, The next generation MovieBeam(TM) service is on the market. It's been a great experience, and...

Arab Fury?

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I see from the news that the Arabs are furious about the film of the British soldiers kicking the shit out of some kids that were throwing r...
Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Politics at CSK Funeral?

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Is it appropriate to bring a political fight to a funeral? If someone came to the funeral of a family member of yours and started making po...
Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Welcome to my blog...

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Happy Feb 7th. I just created this little blog. I wonder what I might do with it?