Speaking of hound dogs, I like this cartoon titled, “Best apology for cheating on wife”:
Sunday, February 21, 2010
How to name your dog
Some people name their dog by its behavior:
Speaking of hound dogs, I like this cartoon titled, “Best apology for cheating on wife”:
Speaking of hound dogs, I like this cartoon titled, “Best apology for cheating on wife”:
Big brother is watching you
Visit this site and see what the Internet knows about you.
This web site simply reads your cookies and it’s interesting that any web page can do this. It even shows your recent Amazon purchases!
Visit the page and see what web sites can find out about you!
This web site simply reads your cookies and it’s interesting that any web page can do this. It even shows your recent Amazon purchases!
Visit the page and see what web sites can find out about you!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Stop O-1 Visa fraud
It’s sad that government laws can cause people to kill themselves, as did Software Engineer Joseph Stack, a disturbed computer programmer who committed suicide by flying an airplane into a government building.
Stack committed suicide in frustration over laws that are designed to punish American computer professionals. His suicide note is clear:
"I am finally ready to end this insanity. Well, Mr Big Brother IRS man let's try something different. Take my pound of flesh and sleep well.”
Here is an article about the law that Stack complained about in his suicide note:
“The immediate effect of these audits is to force individual programmers like Mrs. Johnson to abandon their dreams of getting rich off their high-technology skills.”
Stop punishing American computer professionals!
It is beyond offensive that skilled American computer professionals go unemployed while the legislators widen the laws that allow cheap foreign labor to come to America and take work away from more-qualified American software professionals.
In the computer industry, most H1B Visa fraud comes from India and Pakistan, but the O-1 Visa program allows foreigners from Canada, Great Britain and Eastern Europe, where they use the O-1 visa for “Aliens with Extraordinary Ability”, which was designed for truly exceptional people:
“To obtain an O-1 visa to work in the sciences, education, business or athletics, applicants must demonstrate that they possess “a level of expertise indicating that the person is one of the small percentage who have risen to the top of the field of endeavor.”
There are two ways to demonstrating this expertise. One method is through receiving a major internationally recognized award such as a Nobel Prize.”
Many British O-1 Visa holders are dishonest twits
While it's a 10 year prison term for a European to have a dishonest O-1 Visa, they should also sanction the employers who hire them. It should be illegal for companies to save money by hiring cheap, lying British twits and English O-1 Visa posers who come to America and steal jobs from more qualified American computer professionals.
This note shows some valid concerns from American who are being threatened by European O-1 visa fraud. Oracle ACE Lewis Cunning echoes the sentiments of many Americans who are sick and tired of the Visa fraud in the United States:
"I am opposed to multi-nationals using that program to drive down wages.
I don't buy the argument that the companies can't find qualified employees, they just can't find qualified employees willing to work for less than what the job is worth.
Bringing in cheap labor makes the job worth less."
Oracle ACE Ben Prusinski agrees that Visa fraud is Rampant:
"I agree with the other Ben about folks on H-1B visas that cram to pass OCP exams and lack real experience and communication skills. . .
To me, the H-1B visa program has been severely abused by employers for cheap labor."
The entire H1-B Visa program is a scam, and we need to stop letting low cost, low quality foreigners from Europe compete on American soil.
This article notes that many of the foreign computer Visa workers have phony credentials and fake work experience, something that I know firsthand to be true, especially from European posers.
This is a typical O-1 Visa holder
But this is only the beginning of tax induced suicides. American computer professionals have had it with being undercut by cheap overseas posers.
Don't support companies that offshore their computer support
The sad death of Joe Stack is not the end of suicide by taxes. A 2011 tax penalty should see a rush of suicides later in late 2010.
The H1-B and O-1 Visa "posers" do more than take jobs from American Computer professionals, they also pose a clear and present danger to American Computer systems.
Those aliens who get a Visa with fraudulent credentials and experience are all self-proclaimed "Computer experts" and they are flooding the American market with cheap and grossly unqualified Oracle professionals.
With a glut is well-qualified American computer professionals without jobs, there is no need to import even a single Visa holder, and here is what you can do to fight the Visa problem.
- Lobby your legislators: The best way to help stem the tide of unnecessary foreign workers is to write to your congressman.
- Buy American: Vote with your feet, and expose anti-American Oracle shops that exploit foreign Visa workers.
- Expose Fraud: It's is estimated that upwards or 20% of all H1-B Visa's are obtained with fraudulent credentials. Visa fraud is a serious crime and cases of suspected Visa fraud should be reported to the criminal investigations division of the U.S. Department of State.
Report all suspected cases of O-1 Visa Fraud
Help stop the Visa fraud now. If you suspect that an European O1 Visa holder is not Nobel Prize winner quality, report them to the U. S. State Department Criminal Investigative Division.
Remember, O-1 Visa fraud is not just stealing, it's a serious Federal crime:
"Passport and visa fraud is a federal offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000."
It's easy to spot a European computer professionals who is pretending to possess "extraordinary abilities" that are not available in America.
You are encouraged to report any suspected Visa fraud to the U.S. Department of State. You can report any suspected O-1 Visa fraud to this address:
Criminal Investigative Division, Visa Fraud
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Stack committed suicide in frustration over laws that are designed to punish American computer professionals. His suicide note is clear:
"I am finally ready to end this insanity. Well, Mr Big Brother IRS man let's try something different. Take my pound of flesh and sleep well.”
Here is an article about the law that Stack complained about in his suicide note:
“The immediate effect of these audits is to force individual programmers like Mrs. Johnson to abandon their dreams of getting rich off their high-technology skills.”
Stop punishing American computer professionals!
It is beyond offensive that skilled American computer professionals go unemployed while the legislators widen the laws that allow cheap foreign labor to come to America and take work away from more-qualified American software professionals.
In the computer industry, most H1B Visa fraud comes from India and Pakistan, but the O-1 Visa program allows foreigners from Canada, Great Britain and Eastern Europe, where they use the O-1 visa for “Aliens with Extraordinary Ability”, which was designed for truly exceptional people:
“To obtain an O-1 visa to work in the sciences, education, business or athletics, applicants must demonstrate that they possess “a level of expertise indicating that the person is one of the small percentage who have risen to the top of the field of endeavor.”
There are two ways to demonstrating this expertise. One method is through receiving a major internationally recognized award such as a Nobel Prize.”
Many British O-1 Visa holders are dishonest twits
While it's a 10 year prison term for a European to have a dishonest O-1 Visa, they should also sanction the employers who hire them. It should be illegal for companies to save money by hiring cheap, lying British twits and English O-1 Visa posers who come to America and steal jobs from more qualified American computer professionals.
This note shows some valid concerns from American who are being threatened by European O-1 visa fraud. Oracle ACE Lewis Cunning echoes the sentiments of many Americans who are sick and tired of the Visa fraud in the United States:
"I am opposed to multi-nationals using that program to drive down wages.
I don't buy the argument that the companies can't find qualified employees, they just can't find qualified employees willing to work for less than what the job is worth.
Bringing in cheap labor makes the job worth less."
Oracle ACE Ben Prusinski agrees that Visa fraud is Rampant:
"I agree with the other Ben about folks on H-1B visas that cram to pass OCP exams and lack real experience and communication skills. . .
To me, the H-1B visa program has been severely abused by employers for cheap labor."
The entire H1-B Visa program is a scam, and we need to stop letting low cost, low quality foreigners from Europe compete on American soil.
This article notes that many of the foreign computer Visa workers have phony credentials and fake work experience, something that I know firsthand to be true, especially from European posers.
This is a typical O-1 Visa holder
But this is only the beginning of tax induced suicides. American computer professionals have had it with being undercut by cheap overseas posers.
Don't support companies that offshore their computer support
The sad death of Joe Stack is not the end of suicide by taxes. A 2011 tax penalty should see a rush of suicides later in late 2010.
The H1-B and O-1 Visa "posers" do more than take jobs from American Computer professionals, they also pose a clear and present danger to American Computer systems.
Those aliens who get a Visa with fraudulent credentials and experience are all self-proclaimed "Computer experts" and they are flooding the American market with cheap and grossly unqualified Oracle professionals.
With a glut is well-qualified American computer professionals without jobs, there is no need to import even a single Visa holder, and here is what you can do to fight the Visa problem.
- Lobby your legislators: The best way to help stem the tide of unnecessary foreign workers is to write to your congressman.
- Buy American: Vote with your feet, and expose anti-American Oracle shops that exploit foreign Visa workers.
- Expose Fraud: It's is estimated that upwards or 20% of all H1-B Visa's are obtained with fraudulent credentials. Visa fraud is a serious crime and cases of suspected Visa fraud should be reported to the criminal investigations division of the U.S. Department of State.
Report all suspected cases of O-1 Visa Fraud
Help stop the Visa fraud now. If you suspect that an European O1 Visa holder is not Nobel Prize winner quality, report them to the U. S. State Department Criminal Investigative Division.
Remember, O-1 Visa fraud is not just stealing, it's a serious Federal crime:
"Passport and visa fraud is a federal offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000."
It's easy to spot a European computer professionals who is pretending to possess "extraordinary abilities" that are not available in America.
You are encouraged to report any suspected Visa fraud to the U.S. Department of State. You can report any suspected O-1 Visa fraud to this address:
Criminal Investigative Division, Visa Fraud
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Friday, February 19, 2010
Elderly people can be eaten by their dogs
My research shows that old people who live alone are frequently eaten by their pets after they die, and the most famous case of dogs eating the elderly is the case of Pancho Barnes.
In life, Pancho was a woman who thrived in a dog-eat-dog world. In death, it's a sad tale that ends when she is shat from her dog's anal sphincters.
The reports say that the elderly woman's body was partially eaten by "numerous starving dogs".
These dogs would only be starving after picking every tidbit of meat from her corpse, licking her eyeballs from their sockets and crushing her bones to extract the marow.
Pancho Barnes: Loved by her dogs
Pancho Barnes was quite a character; a dog eared lady who was one of the 20th century’s first truly liberated women and the first cougar of the 1940’s. Pancho Barnes was man's best friend, and she used her wealth to attract men half her age.
Most people only know of Pancho Barnes when her character appeared briefly as the bawdy barmaid the 1980‘s movie “The Right Stuff”. Pancho Barnes real name was Flo Lowe.
Pancho Barnes was beaten by the Ugly Stick
She let herself go to the dogs, and Pancho Barnes was ugly as homemade sin. Like the old saying goes: “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone”, Pancho was mean as a junkyard dog, rude, unkempt, and foul-mouthed.
But she was doggedly determined to be famous, and she worked like a dog to succeed. But in the end, Pancho Barnes was the underdog who wound up being a dog treat:
Move over, Rover: Pancho loved dogs, and they thought she was delicous
Every dog has his day, and Pancho was the top dog who ran the famous “Happy Bottom Riding Club”. She populated the club with hot floosies, deliberate doggerel designed to make people think that the Happy Bottom was a whorehouse! (She wanted people to think that she was crooked as a dogs hind leg, but it was just part of her dog and pony show . . . )
It's a dogs life, and the Happy Bottom boasted over 9,000 members, and both of my parents were members from 1947 to 1950!
Pancho Barnes with her “girls”
Pancho ran with the big dogs, hanging around anybody famous, and she was a notorious publicity hound, attaching herself to whoever was in the news.
Pancho Barnes (left) with Amelia Earhart
There was a documentary made about Pancho Barnes (I bought mine here on Amazon), and here is a book about Pancho Barnes on Amazon.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Pancho Barnes could not let sleeping dogs lie, and she began barking up the wrong tree when the Korean war broke out and all of the good pilots left to dogfight in the skies over Korea. With the heroes gone, the Happy Bottom began going to the dogs.
KMA: Note the Air Force lip marks on her butt
Pancho and sued the Air Force, and refused to call off the dogs even though she was just chasing her tail.
Pancho's was hounded by the officers wives, and as a liberated woman, Pancho should have known that the tail wags the dog, and the women did not appreciate having a whorehouse right outside the base gate.
Pancho's bark was worse than her bite, and after alientating the USAF, she was in the dog house for good, and retreated to a new location with her tail between her legs . . .
I am become crap, the destroyer of carpets
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, and Pancho faded from fame. Frail and friendless, nobody noticed when she died in 1974 and she proved that dogs are not always man's best friend.
Some say that she was murdered, but it was hard to prove because she was found as piles of dog crap all over the floor of her trailer!
Let this be a solemn reminder. If you die alone, there is a really good chance that your pets will eat your body.
R. I. P. - Rest in Piles
It's sad to think that is the final resting place of Pancho Barnes., as she came to rest in steaming piles of warn poo:
Don't let this be your final resting place
To learn more about this fascinating lady, here is a video about Pancho Barnes, but it does not mention how she was eaten by her dogs:
In life, Pancho was a woman who thrived in a dog-eat-dog world. In death, it's a sad tale that ends when she is shat from her dog's anal sphincters.
The reports say that the elderly woman's body was partially eaten by "numerous starving dogs".
These dogs would only be starving after picking every tidbit of meat from her corpse, licking her eyeballs from their sockets and crushing her bones to extract the marow.
Pancho Barnes: Loved by her dogs
Pancho Barnes was quite a character; a dog eared lady who was one of the 20th century’s first truly liberated women and the first cougar of the 1940’s. Pancho Barnes was man's best friend, and she used her wealth to attract men half her age.
Most people only know of Pancho Barnes when her character appeared briefly as the bawdy barmaid the 1980‘s movie “The Right Stuff”. Pancho Barnes real name was Flo Lowe.
Pancho Barnes was beaten by the Ugly Stick
She let herself go to the dogs, and Pancho Barnes was ugly as homemade sin. Like the old saying goes: “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone”, Pancho was mean as a junkyard dog, rude, unkempt, and foul-mouthed.
But she was doggedly determined to be famous, and she worked like a dog to succeed. But in the end, Pancho Barnes was the underdog who wound up being a dog treat:
Move over, Rover: Pancho loved dogs, and they thought she was delicous
Every dog has his day, and Pancho was the top dog who ran the famous “Happy Bottom Riding Club”. She populated the club with hot floosies, deliberate doggerel designed to make people think that the Happy Bottom was a whorehouse! (She wanted people to think that she was crooked as a dogs hind leg, but it was just part of her dog and pony show . . . )
It's a dogs life, and the Happy Bottom boasted over 9,000 members, and both of my parents were members from 1947 to 1950!
Pancho Barnes with her “girls”
Pancho ran with the big dogs, hanging around anybody famous, and she was a notorious publicity hound, attaching herself to whoever was in the news.
Pancho Barnes (left) with Amelia Earhart
There was a documentary made about Pancho Barnes (I bought mine here on Amazon), and here is a book about Pancho Barnes on Amazon.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Pancho Barnes could not let sleeping dogs lie, and she began barking up the wrong tree when the Korean war broke out and all of the good pilots left to dogfight in the skies over Korea. With the heroes gone, the Happy Bottom began going to the dogs.
KMA: Note the Air Force lip marks on her butt
Pancho and sued the Air Force, and refused to call off the dogs even though she was just chasing her tail.
Pancho's was hounded by the officers wives, and as a liberated woman, Pancho should have known that the tail wags the dog, and the women did not appreciate having a whorehouse right outside the base gate.
Pancho's bark was worse than her bite, and after alientating the USAF, she was in the dog house for good, and retreated to a new location with her tail between her legs . . .
I am become crap, the destroyer of carpets
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, and Pancho faded from fame. Frail and friendless, nobody noticed when she died in 1974 and she proved that dogs are not always man's best friend.
Some say that she was murdered, but it was hard to prove because she was found as piles of dog crap all over the floor of her trailer!
Let this be a solemn reminder. If you die alone, there is a really good chance that your pets will eat your body.
R. I. P. - Rest in Piles
It's sad to think that is the final resting place of Pancho Barnes., as she came to rest in steaming piles of warn poo:
Don't let this be your final resting place
To learn more about this fascinating lady, here is a video about Pancho Barnes, but it does not mention how she was eaten by her dogs:
Workplace film contest competition!
This site has some fun “workplace video contests” when the winner gets 10,000 pounds.
It’s does not say 10,000 pounds of what, but let’s hope it’s not 10,000 pounds of dogshit.
Anyway, I recommend voting for this one titled “Sign Language”. It's the perfect film short story, and the fellow who did this is quite creative and very talented:
If you like it, take a minute to visit this web site and vote for it.
He might win 10,000 pounds of something . . .
It’s does not say 10,000 pounds of what, but let’s hope it’s not 10,000 pounds of dogshit.
Anyway, I recommend voting for this one titled “Sign Language”. It's the perfect film short story, and the fellow who did this is quite creative and very talented:
If you like it, take a minute to visit this web site and vote for it.
He might win 10,000 pounds of something . . .
Smoking to lose weight!
This old ad is funny because it suggests that smoking is healthy, but the point is quite real, smoking does indeed work to help lose weight:
It's toasted: You would have to be toasted to take-up smoking to lose weight
I quit smoking 18 months ago, and I can attest that the physiological effects of smoking do indeed reduce hunger.
You can physically feel your blood vessels become restricted, and hunger pangs disappear.
There was an old term “smoke your lunch” and smoking remains popular among anorexic models and ballerinas who must stay super thin . . .
It's toasted: You would have to be toasted to take-up smoking to lose weight
I quit smoking 18 months ago, and I can attest that the physiological effects of smoking do indeed reduce hunger.
You can physically feel your blood vessels become restricted, and hunger pangs disappear.
There was an old term “smoke your lunch” and smoking remains popular among anorexic models and ballerinas who must stay super thin . . .
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Mandatory urine tests required for public assistance & welfare
From my inbox, author unknown . . .
Urine or you’re out!
Like most folks in this country, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit.
In order to get that paycheck in my case, I am required to pass a random urine test (with which I have no problem) What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test.
Take the piss quiz!
So, here is my Question: Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them?
Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their ass - doing drugs, while I work. . .
Can you imagine how much money each state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?
I guess we could title that program, 'Urine or You're Out'.
Urine or you’re out!
Like most folks in this country, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit.
In order to get that paycheck in my case, I am required to pass a random urine test (with which I have no problem) What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test.
Take the piss quiz!
So, here is my Question: Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them?
Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their ass - doing drugs, while I work. . .
Can you imagine how much money each state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?
I guess we could title that program, 'Urine or You're Out'.
TMI Examples
TMI stands for “Too Much Information”, when people give out far too much detail!
Some people with "TMI disorder" are way too graphic, as if we care to hear about the scent of their farts (I don't remember eating that) to the consistency of their last period (chunky).
Ewww . . . TMI
Personally, I think that TMI is a mental disorder, a form of neurosis where people become so self-centered that they think we want to hear every detail of their lives.
As a manager, I get employees with TMI disease, especially those who are going through a divorce and think that because I’m sworn to silence that they can bear their souls. Over the years I've heard some mighty weird stuff!
Here is a great source of TMI examples, TMI Incorporated:
Some people with "TMI disorder" are way too graphic, as if we care to hear about the scent of their farts (I don't remember eating that) to the consistency of their last period (chunky).
Ewww . . . TMI
Personally, I think that TMI is a mental disorder, a form of neurosis where people become so self-centered that they think we want to hear every detail of their lives.
As a manager, I get employees with TMI disease, especially those who are going through a divorce and think that because I’m sworn to silence that they can bear their souls. Over the years I've heard some mighty weird stuff!
Here is a great source of TMI examples, TMI Incorporated:
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Epic beard man identified as Thomas Bruso!
It all started this morning when a hate crime occurred on a bus in Oakland California, one of the most deadly towns in America.
Thug on a bus
A thug on a bus in Oakland California savagely attacked a 67 year old elderly man, only to find that his victim fought back, and the thug got the crap kicked out of him!
The victim is now known as EBM, for Epic Beard Man! Yes, truly epic . .
The elderly fellow had already retreated from a barrage of racial slurs and moved to the front of the bus for safety when he took a punch to the face from a thug standing over him (who was much larger than him).
But EBM (real name Tom Bruso) had taken enough abuse! He had the courage to stand up and beat the crap out of the criminal thug, sending him to the hospital!
The un-named thug, awaiting arrest by police for comitting a hate crime
The old man’s real name is Thomas Bruso, now known as EBM, for Epic Beard Man!
It's only been a few hours and EBM is already famous, check out his Epic Beard Man facebook page.
Battery and Theft
To add insult to injury, while the elderly man was trying to run from his attacker, a fellow bus passenger stole his bag. They have a photo of her friend:
Help the police catch the woman who stole his bag
Well, Tom Bruso will soon be famous, they already did up the fight as a Mortal Kombat game sim with him!
In case you are only only person in America who has not seen the original fight, here it is.
This is very disturbing, the worst kind of racially-motivated hate crime. The elderly man is cornered by racists who mock him, film his beating for their own amusement and then steal his property.
WARNING: Video contains naughty words, racial slurs, NSFW:
Anybody who hits an elderly man should be jailed for a long, long time, no excuses.
Let’s hope that Thomas Bruso gets justice. . . .
This thug and the lady who stole his bag should rot in prison.
Thug on a bus
A thug on a bus in Oakland California savagely attacked a 67 year old elderly man, only to find that his victim fought back, and the thug got the crap kicked out of him!
The victim is now known as EBM, for Epic Beard Man! Yes, truly epic . .
The elderly fellow had already retreated from a barrage of racial slurs and moved to the front of the bus for safety when he took a punch to the face from a thug standing over him (who was much larger than him).
But EBM (real name Tom Bruso) had taken enough abuse! He had the courage to stand up and beat the crap out of the criminal thug, sending him to the hospital!
The un-named thug, awaiting arrest by police for comitting a hate crime
The old man’s real name is Thomas Bruso, now known as EBM, for Epic Beard Man!
It's only been a few hours and EBM is already famous, check out his Epic Beard Man facebook page.
Battery and Theft
To add insult to injury, while the elderly man was trying to run from his attacker, a fellow bus passenger stole his bag. They have a photo of her friend:
Help the police catch the woman who stole his bag
Well, Tom Bruso will soon be famous, they already did up the fight as a Mortal Kombat game sim with him!
In case you are only only person in America who has not seen the original fight, here it is.
This is very disturbing, the worst kind of racially-motivated hate crime. The elderly man is cornered by racists who mock him, film his beating for their own amusement and then steal his property.
WARNING: Video contains naughty words, racial slurs, NSFW:
Anybody who hits an elderly man should be jailed for a long, long time, no excuses.
Let’s hope that Thomas Bruso gets justice. . . .
This thug and the lady who stole his bag should rot in prison.
The origin of “All Glory is Fleeting”
Since ancient times, all heroes were warned “all glory is fleeting” and with the rare exception of Tales of brave Ulysses, acts of great valor are quickly forgotten.
Tales of Brave Ulysses
In Roman times, a conquering general was allowed a “triumph”, a parade though the streets of Rome, but Caesar commanded that a slave was required to stand next to the general in his chariot continuously whispering into his ear “All glory is fleeting”.
From the movie Patton (one of the best movies ever made) we see Old Blood and Guts, General Patton describing this ancient wisdom:
"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. . .
A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting." - Attributed to George Patton
Beware: All Glory is Fleeting
BTW, George Patton was fond of saying “all glory is fleeting”, but there is no evidence that the words from the movie were an exact quote!
The most likely origin of the saying “all glory is fleeting” is from a loose translation of the Latin “Sic transit gloria mundi”, literally "Thus passes the glory of the world".
But regardless of the origin, it’s true, all glory is indeed fleeting, and it’s a special treat when an ancient glory is revisited.
The hero du jour
Back in 1968, Andy Warhol predicted that everyone would get 15 minutes of fame, but in the real world, a moment of glory is dictated by the news cycle of the time.
But sometimes glory is not always gone forever!
Last week I was reading the latest book from the Pulitzer Prize winning author Neil Sheehan’s 2009 book “A Fiery Peace in a Cold War”, (a masterpiece) and I was surprised to read the story of my own fathers fleeting glory, a combat raid of September 23, 1942, on pages 36-40.
All the men of this mission are long dead, but I know that they would have been tickled to see their moment of glory revisited, however briefly . . .
While Sheehan is writing about 4 star general Ben Schriever (an amazing golfer and all-around nice guy), but the real hero of the tale of glory was John "Jack" Dougherty, a pilot with brass balls:
John Dougherty exemplified heroism
Everybody on this B-17 was a hero, but Doughtery's gallantry was exceptional by any standard. Over the years he won the Silver Star three times, the Air Medal four times, the Distinguished Flying Cross five times, and Purple Heart twice!
Back in WWII, fame from glory was a weekly event, and each week brought a new set of heroes. Back in the 1940’s, everybody went to the movies each week for their news, and the weekly newsreels featured the hero du jour.
You sunk my battleship!
Most people are never lucky enough to be celebrated as heroes, but for one week in late 1942, my father was celebrated as a national hero for helping dive bomb a B-17 directly into heavy enemy fire, sinking a large Japanese ship.
My Dad, Louis F. Burleson, hero of the week!
To me, the real glory was not the attack itself but how they used a weapon in a way that it was not designed to work, a lesson that has served me well in my own career.
For one shining moment, the crew’s pictures were in newspapers all over the world and both the pilots and co-pilot eventually became Air Force generals. My Dad received his first Distinguished Flying Cross for helping in this “wild night”, and it was great to read about this, 68 years after it happened . . .
Real heroes are innovators, finding new ways to kill the enemy
But all glory is fleeting, and the next week their glory was all over. American had no shortage of brave men, and each new week brought a new set of heroes.
So, why don't we hear about today's weekly heroes?
America needs to acknowledge our heroes, however briefly, they have earned our admiration and respect.
Only fifteen minutes of fame for today’s heroes?
While Sheehan recounts glory from 70 years ago, how come nobody hears about the glory of today’s soldiers? It’s sad that today’s American hero’s like John Wayne Walding don’t get the press that they deserve for their heroism.
This kid is my hero, a man who makes me proud to be an American:
An American Hero you have never heard of: John Wayne Walding
Now I ask you, why don't todays heroes get their moment of glory?
Walding should get the Medal of Honor for some serious heroism, or at the very least, a multi-million dollar movie deal.
After Walding‘s leg was shot near the knee by a sniper, he cut his own leg off, strapped it to his thigh and continued fighting the enemy!
Now I ask you, why isn’t this front-page news?
While it’s true that all glory is fleeting, we need to get the hippie liberals who run the media to start giving our American heroes their day in the sun.
Let’s start giving our boys in blue the credit that they deserve.
Tales of Brave Ulysses
In Roman times, a conquering general was allowed a “triumph”, a parade though the streets of Rome, but Caesar commanded that a slave was required to stand next to the general in his chariot continuously whispering into his ear “All glory is fleeting”.
From the movie Patton (one of the best movies ever made) we see Old Blood and Guts, General Patton describing this ancient wisdom:
"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. . .
A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting." - Attributed to George Patton
Beware: All Glory is Fleeting
BTW, George Patton was fond of saying “all glory is fleeting”, but there is no evidence that the words from the movie were an exact quote!
The most likely origin of the saying “all glory is fleeting” is from a loose translation of the Latin “Sic transit gloria mundi”, literally "Thus passes the glory of the world".
But regardless of the origin, it’s true, all glory is indeed fleeting, and it’s a special treat when an ancient glory is revisited.
The hero du jour
Back in 1968, Andy Warhol predicted that everyone would get 15 minutes of fame, but in the real world, a moment of glory is dictated by the news cycle of the time.
But sometimes glory is not always gone forever!
Last week I was reading the latest book from the Pulitzer Prize winning author Neil Sheehan’s 2009 book “A Fiery Peace in a Cold War”, (a masterpiece) and I was surprised to read the story of my own fathers fleeting glory, a combat raid of September 23, 1942, on pages 36-40.
All the men of this mission are long dead, but I know that they would have been tickled to see their moment of glory revisited, however briefly . . .
While Sheehan is writing about 4 star general Ben Schriever (an amazing golfer and all-around nice guy), but the real hero of the tale of glory was John "Jack" Dougherty, a pilot with brass balls:
John Dougherty exemplified heroism
Everybody on this B-17 was a hero, but Doughtery's gallantry was exceptional by any standard. Over the years he won the Silver Star three times, the Air Medal four times, the Distinguished Flying Cross five times, and Purple Heart twice!
Back in WWII, fame from glory was a weekly event, and each week brought a new set of heroes. Back in the 1940’s, everybody went to the movies each week for their news, and the weekly newsreels featured the hero du jour.
You sunk my battleship!
Most people are never lucky enough to be celebrated as heroes, but for one week in late 1942, my father was celebrated as a national hero for helping dive bomb a B-17 directly into heavy enemy fire, sinking a large Japanese ship.
My Dad, Louis F. Burleson, hero of the week!
To me, the real glory was not the attack itself but how they used a weapon in a way that it was not designed to work, a lesson that has served me well in my own career.
For one shining moment, the crew’s pictures were in newspapers all over the world and both the pilots and co-pilot eventually became Air Force generals. My Dad received his first Distinguished Flying Cross for helping in this “wild night”, and it was great to read about this, 68 years after it happened . . .
Real heroes are innovators, finding new ways to kill the enemy
But all glory is fleeting, and the next week their glory was all over. American had no shortage of brave men, and each new week brought a new set of heroes.
So, why don't we hear about today's weekly heroes?
America needs to acknowledge our heroes, however briefly, they have earned our admiration and respect.
Only fifteen minutes of fame for today’s heroes?
While Sheehan recounts glory from 70 years ago, how come nobody hears about the glory of today’s soldiers? It’s sad that today’s American hero’s like John Wayne Walding don’t get the press that they deserve for their heroism.
This kid is my hero, a man who makes me proud to be an American:
An American Hero you have never heard of: John Wayne Walding
Now I ask you, why don't todays heroes get their moment of glory?
Walding should get the Medal of Honor for some serious heroism, or at the very least, a multi-million dollar movie deal.
After Walding‘s leg was shot near the knee by a sniper, he cut his own leg off, strapped it to his thigh and continued fighting the enemy!
Now I ask you, why isn’t this front-page news?
While it’s true that all glory is fleeting, we need to get the hippie liberals who run the media to start giving our American heroes their day in the sun.
Let’s start giving our boys in blue the credit that they deserve.
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