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An ALICE Pack with Frame74

The History of the ALICE Pack

The ALICE Pack carrying system was developed during the Vietnam war. It was an evolution of pervious carrying system used by the military all the way back in World War 1, but it had to be updated over the...

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The caption reads, "I THINK I WAS BETTER OFF BEFORE POLITICIANS GOT INVOLVED WITH HEALTH CARE REFORM."77

Democrats Endorse Sarah Palin

The Democratic leaders might as well have announced their intention of getting Sarah Palin into the White House in 2012 when they pushed, bullied, cajoled, bribed, and generally strongarmed their in-party...

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My Sisters First Sentence

When we were young we weren't allowed to watch television, my father claimed it made for idiots. We grew up traveling all over the United States and Europe. So the events in our lives cannot be blamed on...

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The Monster Pt.2

The Viet Nam War was in actuality, never a war. Congress never declared war on North Viet Nam, and throughout its duration, it was officially classified a “police action”. America, was there to protect...

2 comments    politics america war
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There's a Monster On the Loose Pt. 1

I am what they call a “baby-boomer”, that means I was born during the period ten - fifteen years after the end of WWII. This was a scary, exciting, tumultuous time to be growing up. It was a time of...

2 comments    politics america viet nam
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Is This The America You Grew Up In?

                                               NOT ME!   First of all, I was born in 1949. When scrolling on a site to click on the year I was born, it...

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Woodstock Festival 40th Anniversery

Fourty years ago an amazing thing happened in Bethel,New York called "Woodstock.' I had just graduate high school the year before. Music was my life line back then.I heard there was going to be a huge...

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The Army Did Not Send Me To Viet Nam, But Many Of My Friends Went56

The Man Makes The Clothes

Few things are more controversial than the argument over appearance versus content, the book and its cover, the heart of the color of skin. We're all prejudiced, too, in one way or another. If race doesn't...

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muley84 profile image64

There's A Monster On the Loose In the USA

I am what they call a "baby-boomer", that means I was born during the period ten - fifteen years after the end of WWII. This was a scary, exciting, tumultuous time to be growing up. It was a time of...

0 comments    politics america iraq
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Veterans Day-God Bless Our Troops

November 11th we will be observing Veterans Day and I for one am proud to honor all our Marines, Airmen, Army, Navy, and Coast guard men and women who are presently wearing or ever have worn an American...

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