MajJohn

Enlisted in the US Army in June 1961, background in electronics and nuclear missile repair. Received a Bachelors Degree in Political Science with a minor in Eastern European History. Volunteered to go to Vietnam in 1968 after extensive intelligence training. Trained troops in electronic warfare upon return stateside. Graduated from Counterintelligence School and was active in field work. Attended CGS school. Taught as PMS at a university..Retired as a Major in the only Civil Affairs Unit in the country. Retired as an Social Security administrator/supervisor. Returned to government employment for 2 years around 9/11. Retired again.

Submitted Comments (174)

Medical Costs End 48-Year Marriage »

• Most people missed the point of this post. The implication is that after 48 years they had to get a divorce in order for her ...

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• Most people missed the point of this post. The implication is that after 48 years they had to get a divorce in order for her ...

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Polls: Obama Leads In Three Critical States »

• Well there you have it, the Quinnipiac Poll has Obama ahead of McCain by 8 points in Ohio. So using this example that would indicate ...

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Obama Camp Hits McCain for Playing Politics with the Bailout »

• I guess we have to blame either the Democrats or the Republicans, it's an election year after all. Why not blame the leadership in both ...

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Cheney told to preserve records »

• The judge can make any decree he wants, how will he enforce it! And even if he could enforce his decision, how will he ever ...

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Obama: McCain Promises a Dangerous Path »

• Should we watch during the debates?

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• Yeh, big dummies on both sides!

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• Ah, that's bumbling not fumbling!

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• ADELEINOH AND YOU both need to check into a rehab center, tax health care, indeed, lies, and Barry, enact Sharia law, this is too nutty ...

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Todd Palin Refusing To Testify In Troopergate »

• Hmm!, forget all the excuses for not testifying, what happened to spousal confidentiality? Come to think of it, "a defied subpoena", just when in the ...

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Obama: McCain can’t decide if He is Barry Goldwater or Dennis Kucinich »

• Oh, plaheeeze, Obama criticizing McCain for turning his back on the lobbyists and political insiders in Washington, most of whom contributed to Obama's campaign more ...

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Palin Spent $50000 In City Funds To Redecorate Mayors Office »

• Well there you have it, straight from the horses mouth, David Talbot, hippie, socialist, conspiracy theorist (Kennedy Assignation), love commune, sometimes bi-sexual, far left author. ...

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Former conservative writer and editor shifts to Obama »

• Supported Goldwater!, how old is this guy anyway!

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Insanely Wealthy, Titled Aristocrat Calls Obama ‘Elitist’? »

• Uppity has nothing to do with intelligence but has a lot to do with being independent and acting better than you are.

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• Yep, he's living in a cardboard box underneath an I80 overpass and dreams of the days he had a dollar a month to live off ...

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• It's not wrong to invade a sovereign nation??
  
  A pro life individual would keep her baby not kill it. What are you talking about??
  

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• Might be, but that's 6 years in the state senate and as far as the US senate goes, practically, no experience at all, he began ...

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Creamery Case Has Palin Critics Taking Aim at Fiscal-Conservative Claim »

• At the end of the day the dairy farmers are still working, and that's a good thing, no?

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Why Sarah Palin Makes such a Big Difference for the GOP Ticket »

• I like her not because of the size of her tents, but the appeal of her igloo. We all long for the days when things ...

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• For the first time since John Kennedy I feel I can fall in love with a candidate. Sarah is just what this country needs. I ...

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Web Forum Closed After Sensible Discussion Takes Place »

• Say something civil and I'll rip your tongue out, metaphorically speaking (if that's still allowed).

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• We're not allowed to use the VP's first name or it gets bleeped.

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• Which way is it?

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• So's Robin.

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Obama's Specifics for Economic Change »

• Obama should have picked Dennis Kucinich as VP. It would have made him look good by comparison. Cleveland is in worse shape than Chicago.

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• Well, back in 1992 McCain tried unsuccessfully get a 5 million dollar earmark to provide safe drinking water and waste water treatment for the folks ...

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• He does not know the cost.

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• You're venting, take a pill.

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• You're correct, it takes courage, patriotism and leadership to make the tough choices concerning troop deployments. Only one candidate demonstrates those qualities.

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• Spending on health care has gone up as much as other federal spending, and it's one more thing we have to get a handle on.

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AMERICA ATTACKED 911 »

• Your remarks were more than a reference to fling to Philadelphia, the repeated remarks about the President taking away your constitutional rights, are about as ...

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