You can’t row the boat without “making waves” and if you are not rowing the boat you are likely only drifting where the currents take you. ~ Jerry Nix
To my readers: Some of you may not enjoy or agree with my opinion in this blog. That is ok! "To each his/her own," is what I like to say. The subject written about here is controversial to say the least and there are many differing opinions. This is mine and mine alone. Agree or Disagree, …
Continue reading Is Murder Wrong … and … Do we need more Gun Control?
I don't know why our politicians nowadays can't understand the simple math of our budget deficits. I have also asked myself over my career as a financial advisor why the general public does not understand the simple math of their individual deficits. This article will go back and forth between the US Government and the …
I’m writing this article because I have some personal questions. I’ve always believed that if someone murdered someone else and were found guilty in a court of law … that person should be put to death. Personally, I have no problems with the death penalty for cases involving the death of another innocent person on …
It was a little cold and the rain was pouring down tonight; David lay in bed alone. It was going to be another sleepless night as David lay there thinking about the next day at school and how he would react to the shenanigans of one John "the troublemaker" Walker. David knew that John was …
While many do not like socialism - though I heard today that 44% of Millennials did like socialism and don't know if that is fact or not - Social Security, which we all seem to love is one form of socialism that has been around (in law) for going on 84 years and that has …
Note from the Author: This is part five of my experience during the Vietnam Conflict. You can pick up Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four by clicking on the links. I ended part four of my story this way ... Two days later (one day before the CO returned) I was headed back to …
Today I had an argument with an individual ... a very successful individual ... about how a person with discipline could actually accumulate a nice nest egg by borrowing money from one bank and depositing it into another bank. I will not tell you who the person is that I had this discussion with ... …
Note from the Author: This is part four of my experience during the Vietnam Conflict. You can pick up Part One, Part Two and Part Three by clicking on the links. Back to the Nam It was in May, 1970 when I boarded - once again - that big commercial airliner and headed back to …
Continue reading Headed to War (Part 4) … with a Jack of Many Trades
There was a time in America where the customer really counted to Corporate America. The customer could do no wrong ... or if they did corporate America would not let them take the blame for it. What happened? What went wrong? Have you tried to call some of today's larger companies (I refuse to mention …
Continue reading What Happened to Customer Service in America?
Note from the Author: This is part three of my experience during the Vietnam Conflict. You can pick up Part One and Part Two by clicking on the links. Well here it was ... March 1970 and I'd received my orders to leave the 520th Transportation Battalion and report to the 539th Transportation Company which …
