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This is an interesting thread. My wife has been a BSN/RN for 25 years. Putting a patient at ease is unquestionably the best thing to do. We don't have to like it or understand it. If obtaining the optimal outcome in patient care is the objective, catering to the vulnerable and ill makes...

When I think about the state of technology available in 1942, it is stunning what engineers could do and could not do. By 1945, our scientists and engineers produced the atomic bomb... but just 3 years earlier, they weren't providing military aviators with sufficient heat for cold weather...

Indeed, it is very cold at 30,000 feet which is roughly equivalent to standing atop Mount Everest (elevation 29,029 feet). Again, this photo shows my Dad dressed for cold weather flight per US Army custom in 1942. http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/jmpky/Scan0057_zps986983de.jpg

The States got placed under the federal thumb by ceding power to Washington. Washington should never cede any authority to the United Nations, unless our nation's sovereignty no longer matters. The UN is on a march to make itself the ultimate governing body; to sit in judgment of all nations...

It appears likely GWB took the US to war in Iraq primarily to even an old score with Saddam Hussein. Unfortunately, the weapons of mass destruction( given as causus belli) never really materialized. In the emotional furor immediately following the Sept 11th attacks, many Americans were...

I find Christie to come across as hostile, emotionally fragile and going out of his way to annoy conservatives. He's overcompensating for some issue. Christie is a bonafide liberal on social and cultural concerns. Since the current Republican Party establishment no longer wishes to pursue...

A highly trained sniper is an invaluable resource on the battlefield and in the war against terror. By eliminating high-value bad guys, Mr. Kyle saved countless lives. We civilians don't have access to classified information, but if our military deemed it necessary to place a terrorist on a...

This Youtube video shows portions of the Feds Creek area in Pike County, KY. Many of my childhood classmates made the dangerous school bus ride along Lick Creek Road, across Pompey Mountain, across Ferrells Creek Gap and several other roads really unfit for bus traffic. Most roads had no...

I basically view labor unions as extortion rackets.

Once onboard the gravy train, folks are inclined to believe it's gonna be Gravyland forever.

American conceit.

Well, you cannot impersonate a federal agent.... but, obliquely imply a connection with the IRS.

Vet kills vet. Is this PTSD? My Way News - Iraq vet charged in fatal shooting of ex-SEAL

Would global climate change be responsible for a rare October blizzard leaving waist deep snow atop Big Black Mountain, Kentucky? Elevation 4100 feet. Photo from October 2012: WKYT - Harlan County

Feds Creek lies along the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. About 3 miles from the Virginia stateline and maybe 10 miles from the Tug Fork of Hatfield/McCoy feud sites.

I was 16 years old in 1977 and remember the Blizzard of '77 and '78 well. Living in rural Appalachia near the Big Sandy River. In both '77 and '78, all of our streams, creeks and rivers froze over for most of the winter months. The ground froze to a depth of about 18 inches and our...

Texas is lucky to have Governor Rick Perry: Gov. Perry: Boy Scouts Should Keep No-Gay Policy

Somehow, this conjures up images of Shelley Winters' heroics in the Poseidon Adventure. Gray lady down! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd03qev59Jo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqYAcknQOiI

The pro-slavery groups made their excuses. The pro-abortion forces do likewise. It will be settled one day.

W Why bring abortion into this discussion? A cursory look indicates 4 American abortion doctors have been killed in the past 20 years... while during the same period 20 million babies have perished to abortion. For many observers, abortion is the greatest moral wrong since slavery...