Presidential Leadership Responsibility (Editorial)

This is strictly my belief based on what I know as a retired soldier and as an average American.  The President of the United States should have at least a better than average understanding of the workings of the military and it's capabilities.  Any government entity that has responsibility for command of or control of a military asset should be held accountable under the Uniform Code of  Military Justice (UCMJ), as well as all other judicial formats they are held under.  

Persons in seats of responsibility, especially POTUS.  Should relinquish the use of Twitter, Facebook or any other social media while in office in order to control the stupid bullshit and embarrassment it causes everyone.

Those people that are put in charge of us should be held accountable for anything that could or does harm individual rights freedoms or livelihoods unless there is a reason for safety against terrorism.  The safety of the people from terrorism should not be a blanket reason to label everyone that does not agree with the acting government as a terrorist.  Persons in charge should have at least an Idea what the average persons daily life is like from every walk of life, and try to help based upon that knowledge and not on the unrealistic notions brought about by having a gold or silver spoon in their mouths from the get-go.  

There should be a clear acknowledgment that We The People are the bosses and Government works for us.    

Those in government should be required to take classes in Nuclear Biological and Chemical warfare and watch numerous graphic historic videos on the effects of nuclear weapons, and visit anyone who has been exposed to radiation sickness while they are still alive.  This would hopefully bring home the fact that nuclear weapons are not toys in your sandbox when you were a kid.

I am neither a Republican or Democrat.  If anything I am an independent moderate conservative.  I think the government needs to be rethought a bit and try to remember we need to remain Constitutional to be American. 

Our freedom is there at least in the sense of freedom compared to other counties.  Just ask those 11 Saudi Arabian princes who protested not getting their perks, and the execution of that other prince.

We need to make sure we are guarded by the Constitution and still seek security in this evil time.

The older governing regime needs to be replaced however because they have their own agendas in priority over what We The People need.

Seeking Depth

1 January 2011 to 28 March 2011, that is how long I have been out of the Army.  77 days ago I spent my first official day as a civilian for over 22 plus years.  Today I started my second quarter of college.  I am glad to be back in Washington although in some ways it seems foreign to me.  I've been like a refugee for the whole time being moved every 2 to 3 yrs over the last 22yrs 7mos and 8days.  you kind of get to a point in which you no longer feel like you belong in a place or that you have a place to belong.  So far day one of quarter two is not too bad.  In my English class we are reading a book that brings back a lot of my memories from 1990 and 1991 which is a little disturbing to me in some ways.  More Later.

The Lost Time:

Life is so short we should never waist the time we have.  I'm guilty of wasting the precious moments I have and can never regain.  You don't think about it as much when you at in your teens or twenties, but at age 50+ you start to think what the hell am I doing not taking advantage of the time I have.  I have things that are still unfinished that I thought I would have had completed by this time.  I know 50 is not that old and I still can do most of those things I wanted to do when I was younger but it seems that focusing on those things is difficult.  Creativity can be a blessing and a curse at the same time.  I'm am trying to express myself as best I can but have not been sticking with it the way I should have all along.  It is hard to balance family, required projects and creative projects.  I have seen people I care for and/or have just been acquainted with passing on to the next life not fulfilling what they wanted to finish.  Trying to play catch up now that I am past that first career.  I am trying not to allow myself to be discouraged after all I have been away from the last career only 21 days and am still organizing things on the start of this new life.  I feel like I am falling behind which sucks because for this moment in time I should be relaxing more.  This is the one moment in time I will be able to do so before I have to get going again.  Well no worries this is easy compared to the last 22 years, 7 months and 8 days.  I have a lot to do and much I want to do.  Footnote to the above I would not trade who I am now for the person I was at 18 or 20 for anything. 

15 Days into my Retirement.

I've been on my first 15 days of permissive TDY.  I am enjoying a new found freedom I have not experienced for quite a while.  I will be putting a series of new photographs and some older ones I have not posted on my Photo Blog in concert with this blog and my Facebook.  I'm still settling in and working on some followup business required for school and so forth.  All and all good so far.