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I'm back, but after today's post I am mostly suspending the blog
We are back from visiting LCpl John and Donna Payne in Folsom, Louisiana.I will post an update on that when I get a breather to download the photos. We had a good time, but the situation with John is...
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Visiting John and Donna PayneThose who follow my blog know that Bonnie and I grew very close to John and Donna when John and I were both waiting for, then recovering from our lung transplants at the...
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Otoniel Vela 1962 - 2016
We arrived home from visiting John and Donna Payne in Folsom, Louisianalate Sunday night. Spent Monday and Tuesday getting unpacked and setting things to rights. Then Tuesday night, Bonnie received a...
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Article 13
22 Reasons Principled Conservatives can Never Vote for Donald Trump. By Robert A. Hall(And Hillary is just as bad, though it's a toss up which will be worse for the country.)Feel free to forward or...
View ArticleBook Recommendations
Book Recommendation: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl...
View ArticleIt doesn't matter who you vote for in November
It doesn't matter who you vote for in NovemberI wrote the below in response to an email about the national debt, and decided to post it on my blog. While there, I checked my stats. Just before I gave...
View ArticleFrom a Vietnam Vet to Dodging Donald
From a Vietnam Vet to Dodging DonaldBy Robert A. HallBorn with a silver spoonForged in grandpa's brothel rooms,You leveraged that beyond all dreamsFrom fools who bought into your schemes.You cheated on...
View ArticleMemorial Day
Memorial DayThe troubled world can offer no awardTo you who sleep beneath the chiseled stone.You died because we handed you the sword,And we are free because you sleep alone.The tides of history well...
View ArticleGUEST POST: ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY
ON THIS MEMORIAL DAYBy Chet Nagle 31 May 2010"From now until the end of the world, we and it shall be remembered. We few, we Band of Brothers. For he who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother."...
View ArticleRemembrance--1998
Remembrance--1998By Robert A. HallShe’s fifty-five and growing plump,Her hair is growing gray.She lives alone in Baltimore,She works most every day. She owns a shop, sells mystery books,Candles and...
View Articlehe Wall
The WallHe traces names, maneuvering the chairagainst the slope. The panels stretch out blackand still. Each year he vows he’ll not be back,but every bitter April...
View ArticleParody: See the Liberals here in Madison
See the Liberals here in MadisonSee the Liberals here in Madison,See the Progressives down on State Street,See the Liberals here in Madison,And they all look just the same.There's a tall one and a...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts for June, 2016. By Robert A. Hall
Random Thoughts for June, 2016. By Robert A. HallFeel free to post or forward.Joey No Socks for Vice President!In November, the American People will have to make the solemn decision as to which of two...
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LCpl John Payne, 1947-2016
We learned today with great sadness of the death of my Marine Brother LCpl John Payne, of Folson, LA. John received a new lung through the Madison, VA hospital in December of 2013, five days before I...
View ArticleThere is no lesser of these two evils!
People continue to attack me because I will not vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. One recently said that was half a vote for Trump! (Why not half a vote for Clinton?)People are saying...
View ArticleSatire: Trump at the Bat
Satire: Trump at the Bat(With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer)Robert A. HallThe outlook wasn’t brilliant for the GOP that day.The score stood four to two, with but one inning left to play,And then...
View ArticleLetter to Senator Marco Rubio
June 8, 2016Senator Marco Rubio284 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashingtonDC, 20510Dear Senator Rubio:I was an early supporter. I purchased two bumper stickers for my car, one of which, enclosed, I...
View ArticleTrump Dummy?
I think that a comedian or ventriloquist could get a lot of millage with a Trump Dummy that only said Trump type things. "I'd like to punch him in the mouth.""In the old days, he'd be carried out of...
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