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Those who have served at war together have a connection that is difficult to explain.  I will start this blog by explaining how I felt after getting out of the Army in late 2004. My Battalion deployed to Iraq from 2003 to 2004 during the initial occupation year of the conflict.  After arriving home in 2004 and going on vacation with my wife and then only daughter, I sat with a retention NCO and got out of the military.  My wife knew at the time how difficult of a decision it was for me to make, and she almost demanded that she come along to ensure I signed on the line to get out instead of Re-Up.   I became depressed when many of my fellow brothers and sisters-in-arms were deployed back to Iraq.  It baffled me.  There I was, back from a war zone and happy to be with my family safe at home.  Why was I feeling sick to my stomach because I wasn't getting thrust back into a war I wanted nothing to do with anymore?  It's because those peop...

What is Quid Pro Quo, and what has to be present in order to determine that a Quid Pro Quo exists?  I wanted to take a blog to explain this to people who may not completely understand the subject. QUID PRO QUO - Something Given or Received for Something Else. I am going to use a term that is very important to the impeachment inquiry currently underway in Washington D.C.  The term is important because is makes the term Quid Pro Quo unnecessary.   It is Bribery.  The founders understood bribery as, "an officeholder's abuse of power of an office to obtain a private benefit rather than for the public interest." If you look at that, it literally describes Trump's approach to the Ukraine and other things in his past, and he can be impeached for that.  Let's talk about the facts we know about today. Trump clearly, even in the partial written version of his phone call to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, held nearly 400 million dollars in aid up for som...

It amazes me how blind politicians can be to corruption when they feel their future political prospects are at risk.  The laundry list of corruption surrounding Trump and his administration is obvious to the majority of sane Americans, but you ask any member of the GOP about it and they act as if they know and see nothing.  The funniest thing I have noticed in interviews over the past couple of weeks are the replies to one specific question.  Reporters have asked many GOP law makers the following question, or a version of the following question: "Do you believe that a President asking a foreign power for political favors in turn for releasing aid for their country is ok?" Every time the question is asked, the GOP law maker will immediately talk about Biden, gaslight, or completely change the subject.  They can't answer the question because they know it is completely wrong.  Special interest groups and large corporations own the GOP, and many own members ...