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My Obamamas List


If President Obama is reelected, redistribution will go into even higher gear. I want His promise that I’ll get mine. Now, so I will know how to vote. As President Obama well knows, the best socio-economic system ever devised is … Continue reading

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September 11, 2001 as my wife and I remember it.


We had arrived in Venezuela from Bonaire a few days previously for a quick visit. During much of 2001, we lived on our sailboat in Bonaire, enjoying the scuba diving once or sometimes twice daily. Every ninety days, we generally … Continue reading

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NEWS FLASH: The price of helping President Obama to celebrate his birthday has risen.


Until recently, it was possible to win a chance to help President Obama celebrate his birthday by betting only three dollars.  Now, you can pay twenty-five dollars to play. By e-mail received in my SPAM filter on July 16th, our … Continue reading

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Department of Transportation Prepares for President Obama’s Reelection


It recognizes that many of us will need lots more emotional support. Life has improved greatly since the primitive olden days of air travel. On July 5th, the Department of Transportation published its new Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability … Continue reading

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Wind power is awesome.


It is a proven technology and has many untapped potentials. Wind power has been used successfully for many years; it may predate the employment of galley slaves (those who row,  probably not those who cook in the galley). Even now, … Continue reading

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The olden days of air travel were horridly primitive.


We didn’t have the TSA, delicious airline meals or pleasant flight attendants. It’s all so much better now. Don’t believe it? Just watch these shocking videos. Don’t laugh. That film was made only eight years before I was born so … Continue reading

Posted in Air travel, Culture, Ernest K. Gann, History, Luxury, Olden Days, travel | Tagged , , , | 15 Comments