He was a Great Pitcher

Who said some crazy things, like…

I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?

         — Dizzy Dean

Why Do People Hate Ayn Rand?

When watching some of my brides favorite shows, there seems to be a general screenwriters’ animosity focused on Ayn Rand.  The novels, particularly The Fountanhead and Atlas Shrugged, coupled with a the author’s experience with communism, speak of responsibility, logic and causality fostering an unbreakable moral code.

There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote.

It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.


—Rand

Congressional Candidate Attacks Front Page

It should not be a surprise that terrorists believe the mantra of the best defense is a good defense.

Congressional Candidate Attacks Front Page as ‘Anti-Islam’ After It Exposes His Jihad Terror Ties

Why Do People Dispute What they Are Told?

I suppose it's possible that a religion could be both dominant and peaceful, but to me the terms dominant and peaceful conflict.

Chicago Islamic scholar: 'Islam did not come to coexist. Islam is always superior and should never be surpassed.'

Religions often have conceptual conflict, the adherents interpreting scripture in different manners. Christianity touts supplication, charity, but there are countless contradictions. 

We see many examples of the the expressions of dominance sought by Islamists. If Islamists seek to dominate all religions and their scripture advocates killing of non-adherents, why all the effort by secularists to describe Islam as a peaceful religion? 

The code of Islam is segregationist by the scripture. 

I do wish them any ill will, but I also do not see this being solved in my lifetime.

That's Just Wrong

 

What's the difference between Amy Winehouse and Captain Morgan?  Captain Morgan comes alive when you add coke!

A Half Million Miles of Road Trips

This summer I had reason to call an old friend with whom I had become estranged.

Not having his contact information, I called his older brother whose whereabout I did know. 

That brother is Sam Allen, and he did put me in contact with his younger brother.

Sam and I talked some of motorcycles, me proudly sharing that I had finally stepped up and purchased a Road King with which I am still becoming familiar.

Anyway, Sam described to me his YouTube channel about Route 66 and talked of a couple of books he had written.

A Half Million Miles of Road Trips is the first of these two books. It reads like the diary of man that wants to share how he has loved life.  The diary includes many vignettes of experiences had, places visited and persons that made impressions.  Primary focus was on good places to visit on Route 66.

Sam and his family have been important people in life, his parents and brothers are all dear to my heart. 

If you are a motorcycle person, a Route 66 aficionado, or seeking a fun read, order the book  

Rikki

I heard that the Steely Dan song was about Rick Derringer.

Not sure about that, to me the song smacked of being about a homosexual relationship.

Here is Rick’s other hit.

https://youtu.be/xQPqbUaNH_U?si=XXHzQkYVdvS7lstx

My grandmother bought me the 45 rpm record of Rock and Roll, Hootchie Koo.

At the Center of It

At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.

 ~ P. J. O’Rourke

Richard Dean Zehringer, RIP

Better known to the world as Rich Derringer passed away yesterday, 26-May-2025. He was 77 years old.

When I was in high school, my grandmother gave me a two 45 records, one of which was Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo which I thoroughly enjoyed. The other 45 was the Carpenters' Top of the World, so there's that. Derringer had already achieved majors success as the front man for the McCoys and their hit single Hang on Sloopy, to which the following link is worth a glance, he looks so young. The students at Ohio State should be in mourning today.

After his solo hit single, Derringer worked with many well known performers such as such as Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter Group, Steely Dan, Bonnie Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, Barbara Streisand, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, B.B. King, Roger McGuinn, and Leslie West.

Rest in peace.

The War on Warriors

Bought the book about a year ago after watching him on television discuss his work and hinting at how his military career was torpedoed by politicians and sycophantic officers. I started the book immediately, got bored, but then the author chosen and confirmed as the Secretary of Defense, so made quick effort to read the darned thing.

Fully titled The War on Warriors, Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free, the book is short at only 256 pages.

A majority of the book focuses on how public political theories creep into and corrupt proven military processes. Particularly how the Obama and Biden regimes inserted DEI dogma into many facets of military operations and training. 

I suppose that this is the nature of politicians in times of peace, and the nature of military leadership to relax at the simultaneously. They cling to their positions more than reality, often until it's too late.

The book itself started weakly but did recover and end well.

If you like Pete Hegseth, it is a nice short read.