Monroe Cty 911 :.Chuck Simmins | March 14, 2008
You love your parents, right? Your children? Your spouse? Yourself? You want them to be taken care of if they get sick, or crippled or old.
Well, here’s ten things you ought to know about health care before things go bad, or before things get worse.
You are your own best advocate. Not your doctor. Not the [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 5, 2008
One of the most popular blog posts on the Internet is always about how you, the reader, can make money online. If I had a dime for every one of these posts, well… I’d have made money online.
One way to make money on line is to open a p0rn site. Not starring you, of course. [...]
Chuck Simmins | February 25, 2008
For those who have not been paying attention, the government of the United States makes a great deal of information available about the War on Terror. Free, gratis, you could print it in your paper…
No one does, of course. But, they could.
Here are some sites for War on Terror information:
Multi National Force - Iraq: A [...]
Chuck Simmins | February 21, 2008
Every now and then you read a plaintive cry in one media outlet or another about the lack of heroes in the War on Terror. The sad truth is that when a man or woman is a hero both the military and the media fail to cover the story. Many heroes’ stories are found only in the Military Times or the Times version for their branch of service. I’ve covered just over 300 stories here at America’s North Shore Journal and each and every one cries out for more recognition.
Chuck Simmins | February 18, 2008
Some of the following may not be blogs in the traditional sense anymore, having evolved into “New Media” I don’t have an expression to call them, so I’m calling them blogs. I am not considering my own projects, either, Terrorist Death Watch and America’s North Shore Journal. These are unrelated, and my selection was unsought.
Blackfive: [...]
Chuck Simmins | February 5, 2008
Yeah, this IS my house on Google: Earth, but… that’s not my car in the driveway.
I don’t know how that site appeared on my computer.
What’s the difference between Reply and Reply All?
Officer, I thought you said you were fifteen?
What do you mean my web cam was on?
They can’t tell who sent that e-mail.
Ron Paul, Ron [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 31, 2008
Run, don’t walk, away from John McCain if you want a Republican victory in November.
Opposed Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003
Opposes drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill
Keating Five S&L scandal
Believes in global warming and legislation as a solution
Supports general amnesty for illegal aliens
Unable to control his temper
Endorsed [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 17, 2008
Saratoga Springs, New York: The battle in which Benedict Arnold saved the United States.
Coloma, California: The site of the discovery of gold in California.
Titusville, Pennsylvania: Oil, black gold, Texas tea. First commercial oil well.
Auburn, Massachusetts: The flight of the first liquid fueled rocket.
Ticonderoga, New York: The capture of this fort and the movement of its [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 8, 2008
I read a lot of political / military topic blogs. Here’s a list of some categories and blogs that are outstanding in that category. The Chuck Blog Awards.
Best First Tier Blogger Design: LaShawn Barber
Best Designed Milblog: Neptunus Lex
Best Move to a New Format: Wizbang
Most Famous Blogger You Never Hear Of In Pink: Xiaxue
Best Design of [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 4, 2008
This is the first in a series about America. Each post will be a list of ten, people, places, events, and with their effect on America and the world today. Folks my age may know about most of them. I’m not so sure about the youngins.
Today I would like to honor ten Americans who changed [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 1, 2008
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Keith Yoakum: Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart
First Lt. Walter B. Jackson: Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart
Sgt. Alexander Van Aalten: Netherlands Decoration of Merit of the Minister of Defense in Gold
Corporal Bill Apiata: Victoria Cross
Father (Capt.) Emil Kapaun: Distinguished Service Cross, possible sainthood
Private Johnson Beharry: Victoria Cross
Spc. James Black: “I refuse to [...]
Chuck Simmins | December 31, 2007
Concept borrowed from the Chicago Sun Times, but with none of their list included.
Spec. Theresa Lynn Flannery, Purple Heart, Bronze Star for Valor
Pfc. Sarah Becker, “Doc”
Jill Stevens, Miss Utah, “GI Jill”
Spc. Rachael L. Hugo, “Combat Barbie”, KIA
Capt. Dawn Halfaker (U.S. Army retired)
Capt. Sarah Rykowski, WIA
Spc. Lisa Kelly, WIA
Master Sgt. Brinda Kupiec
Senior Airman Charity Lee Trueblood, [...]
