Retired Navy. Married to Sharon for 28 years. Dad. Grand Dad. Sometime railroader, mechanic and airplane builder. Currently a glorified plane captain on the F16 at Edwards AFB. Cancer Survivor. Conservative. A walking contradiction, Partly truth and partly fiction, Takin' every wrong direction, On his lonely way back home....... And may God Save The Queen.

"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones

"As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, because America gave him the White House based on the same credentials."

Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

‎"A liberal is a conservative that hasn't been mugged yet." Also, "If you are not a liberal at 18 , you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at 40, you have no head.

"We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and then bid the geldings to be fruitful."--CS Lewis--

‎"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.("Therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war")" from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus)