Larry’s Log

I’m really interested to see where this goes.  Marine Sgt. Rick Sanchez is a career soldier who received an expensive gift has been relieved of duty and is under an investigation that could lead to a court martial. A Marine Corps spokesperson has stated that, “as of now it doesn’t look like he’s done anything […]

I’m depressed. The only candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States who brings the experience needed to the table to actually perform the job from day one has just dropped out of the race. I can’t in good conscious vote for Senators Clinton, Obama or Edwards. I just don’t see them […]

About three weeks ago my son, who is a member of the Tennessee Army National Guard, found out that he will soon be heading to Camp Bucca in Iraq to help guard the camp. At that time he was told he would be stationed for between six to eight weeks someplace in the US to […]

Okay, here’s something I don’t understand. The Department of Justice has a couple of scandals on its hands. One scandal affects every citizen’s of this country privacy rights while the other affects the employment of six lawyers. Why has the firing of six US Attorney Generals caused such an uproar while the FBI overstepping their […]

Growing up in the early sixties I remember people building fallout shelters and a fear people had of Soviet missles being launched at the US. The decade hadn’t passed before those bomb shelters were being converted into storage space and the worries of Soviet missles was greatly diminished. There were other, more pressing evils out […]

Last week we learned that a fine, upstanding and moral Republican Congressman was actually an immoral, hypocritical creep. Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) had been sending naughty e-mails and lurid IMs to former congressional pages. Foley resigned from Congress, declared himself an alcoholic and immediately checked himself into rehab.
It annoys me that this happened for a […]

I have some friends that are extreme critics of the current administration. Nothing George Bush says or does is correct to them. The same goes for any member of the Bush administration. Of course these friends consider themselves good liberals. I agree with about half of their opinions. The problem comes to play in that […]

I recognize that Islam is made up of people and that some will be violent by nature and some will be peacful by nature and that both groups can find justification in their Koran for their violent or peaceful nature. It’s the same with my religion, Christianity. I also recognize that when outsiders point out […]

Immigration protests are beginning to get so numerous that some of the activist are beginning to wonder if they might not be causing more resentment to their cause than support. I think that is a valid concern. While continued bombardment with civil rights protests in the 50s and 60s led to an acute awareness of […]

A little over two years ago I wrote this. I came across it while looking for something else but I had to stop and read it again just to make sure I’m staying consistant.
What’s bothering me is that I don’t like a lot of what could happen in the aftermath. Who’s going to fill the […]

In the old TV show Get Smart Maxwell Smart, agent 86, held the cover of being a greeting card salesman. He didn’t use this cover while he was being a secret agent, he used this cover for friends, family and acquantances. When he was undercover he was always undercover with a different name and a […]

Here are the current headlines in the top stories section of my my.Yahoo.com account:

Attacks kill 33 in London, Blair breaks off summit - 14 minutes ago Four blasts rocked London during rush hour early on Thursday, killing at least 33 people and disrupting a summit of Group of Eight leaders in Scotland in the deadliest peacetime attack […]

Seeing as how Bill Clinton and G.H.W. Bush are getting along so well I wonder if there is any chance we could see Bill Clinton nominated to the Supreme Court by G.W. Bush.
No?
Okay, I really didn’t think so, either.

I was hoping that we could go one more year but with Justice O’Conner announcing her retirement there will be a fight this year over the next Supreme Court appointment. The court and this country will be at a loss with her retirement. Whoever is appointed will determine the way of the court for the […]

I didn’t watch the president’s speech last night. I was pretty sure I knew what he was going to say and I had a leaking toilet to repair. Still after hearing and reading all sorts of repsonses to that speech I felt a need to put down here where I stand. I supported our going […]