William Roddy

I had a dental appointment to deal with a toothache yesterday, but when I arrived at the VA, I was told the appointment had been canceled. Normally the VA is very good about notification of cancellations or reschedules, so this was a unusual slip-up. In any case, I spent the night in pain, with not [...]

Please. I hope they give Philip Roth the Nobel Prize for Literature BEFORE he dies. The man has spent his life trying to explain to us what it is to be a man, a certain kind of man, a kind of man with whom we have shared much pain and life, yet a man who [...]

At least prednizone doesn’t make me grouchy or depressed. While it’s working on my lungs, it gives me some relief from other chronic pain for the eight days I’m on it, plus a few. And I have some extra energy. But therein lies, as they say, the rub. It keeps me awake! Once, when I [...]

If you don’t know about the Cloward/Piven strategy, it’s only because you know it by another name: The Obama administration. http://onesobservations.blogspot.com/2009/08/cloward-piven-strategy.html

The world in connected. While Americans watch the Olympics, other in the world know that Greece, the country that founded them, in ready to collapse, to collapse completely into chaos. A collapsed country is fertile ground for growing extremists. The Euro is plummeting. Good for travelers from America. But we are not just travelers. We [...]

MY SPIRIT I sat there today… thinking, then I silently said to you I need to talk to you right now, please show me what to do Please come on down and sit with me, we need to talk a while Or we can take a walk outside, we’ll walk the endless mile For many [...]

Here is a typical weather report, at this time of year, for our part of California. Thought you might be interested in seeing it. A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPING OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL BRING MODERATE SNOWFALL AT TIMES TO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH HEAVY [...]

It was a crappy day today. Could hardly breathe and I hurt all over. I turned up my oxygen, at the doc’s instructions, a few weeks ago. But it may have to go up some more. So out of energy, I didn’t do anything but sleep and sit. Was too tired to even go to [...]

Housing Red Flags Ignored

My incredible friend and first cousin, Lonnie, has a daughter named Lori. Lori wrote a poem that I want to include here because, though it may not have been written for me, it might as well have been. Thank you, Lori, for letting me reprint it. – “Inner Strength” If there is something that I [...]

Newfoundland’s Premire has come to the U.S. for heart surgery. Newfoundland is part of he the Canadian health care system. Rahm Emmanuel dropped both the “F” and the “R” bombs at a meeting in August, reports the Wall Street Journal. Palin is furious, because the “R” word was “retard.” The Saab sale was almost stopped [...]

Last U.S. veteran of WWI turns 109

Why is President Obama working on eliminating nuclear weapons, on one hand, and then: Obama seeks money for nuclear weapons work

I will read anything Connie Willis writes. She hasn’t had a book out since 2002, I believe. But here new book, BLACKOUT, was just released today. I got it for my Kindle for PC, so I can read it on — you guessed it — my PC. I highly recommend both: Kindle for PC, a [...]

Roddys have served their country in EVERY major war. We’re directly linked to primary ancestors, Roddys, who fought in the Revolutionary War. Now, here is photographic evidence of how long I wanted to serve in the Navy. The little guy is my brother, Bob, who is now a big guy and a real hero to [...]

Republican, running for U.S. Senate, in Illinois.  “The Illinois Scott Brown”?

Judge: Italian spies likely knew of CIA kidnap Jerusalem Post

Jeb Bush is back, and some think he’s looking presidential Was the recent trip to the White House by Jeb and his father a courtesy call or a portent?