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For Justin – Who You Are – Part I

January 3, 2015January 3, 2015 20th Century US, American, BASEBALL, CULTURE, Faith, Family, Family History, Genealogy, HISTORY, OPERA, PERSONAL

Maybe you need to know something about your genealogy. It might help put the world into perspective. The family on your mother’s side weren’t

November 22

November 22, 2014November 22, 2014 20th Century US, American, CRIME, CULTURE, FAITH, HISTORY

This picture of Jackie is so haunting. She was so beautiful and so happy that day. There are some moments which are ingrained into

My Father’s Service

November 11, 2014November 10, 2014 20th Century US, Alzheimer's Disease, Family, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, The Pink Flamingo's Father, World War II

When I first began blogging, I would do like everyone else, to get in on the topic of the day. If it was a

Obama’s Rubicon & Press Bias

September 24, 2014September 24, 2014 20th Century US, Ancient, Barack Obama, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Hillary Clinton, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Iraq War, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, John Kerry, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, Neo-Nazi, Obama Administration, Problems with Islam, Roman, Terror

On Monday evening, Barack Obama ordered terror sites in Iraq and Syria to be bombed. We all knew the terror camps in Iraq would

Wednesday’s Hero – WASPs

July 30, 2014July 28, 2014 20th Century US, HISTORY, WEDNESDAY'S HERO, World War II

WASP The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was a paramilitary aviation organization. In 1943 they were created when the Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD)

Wednesday’s Hero – D-Day

June 4, 2014May 31, 2014 20th Century US, HISTORY, WEDNESDAY'S HERO, World War II

Invasion Of NormandyFriday marks the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, or D-Day. In the early hours of June 6, 1944, 156.000 troops

A Family WWII Story

May 28, 2014May 27, 2014 20th Century US, American, Family, Family History, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, World War II

All families have stories. Most have stories about World War II, if you are lucky. My mother grew up at 5511 Belvedere Road, in

Wednesday’s Hero – Forgotten Heroes Recieve Their Due

March 19, 2014March 18, 2014 20th Century US, HISTORY, Medal of Honor, WEDNESDAY'S HERO

Yesterday marked the end of a 12-year review by the Pentagon when 24 soldiers from WWII to Vietnam, who were denied the award they

Part V: Seriously Corrupted Faith

March 3, 2014February 26, 2014 2012, 20th Century US, ALEC, Bachmann, Christian History, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, CONSERVATIVE, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Family Research Council, Far Righ Loons, Glenn Beck, GOP POTUS, HISTORY, Howard Phillips, Huckabee, Idiot Conservatives, John Birch Society, Koch Whores, Pat Buchanan, Paul, Perry, Rand Paul, Religious Cults, Richard Viguerie, Ron Paul, Rush Limbaugh, Santorum, Sean Hannity, Tea Party Patriots

The problem with Christian Reconstructionism is that it has a tendency to allow those involved to forget about having a personal relationship with Christ.

Libertairan, Far Right Governors Are a Disaster

January 30, 2014January 29, 2014 20th Century US, ALEC, Ayn Rand, Bailouts, Bobby Jindal, Conservative, CONSERVATIVE, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Corruption, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, ECONOMY, Far Righ Loons, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Mark Sanford, New Mexico, NEW MEXICO POLITICS, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, REPUBLICAN, Republican Party, Republicans, South Carolina, Susana Martinez, Takers, Taxes

Was Mark Sanford one of the first in the new wave of ALEC, Koch inspired, libertarian anti-business Republican governors? When you look at the

Growing Up in New Mexico, Years Ago

January 21, 2014January 20, 2014 20th Century US, American, Bigfoot, HISTORY, NEW MEXICO POLITICS, Only in New Mexico, WEIRD STUFF

I have a very dear friend who is Hispanic. Her family has been here since the Conquistadors. Because she grew up in rural Lincoln

Newt’s Uncomfortable Truth

January 7, 2014January 7, 2014 20th Century US, Ancient, Archaeology, Christian Reconstructionism, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Dinosaurs, Evolution, Fake Green Science, Far Righ Loons, Geology, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Meteorology, Newt Gingrich, Paleontology, Religious Cults, SCIENCE, SPACE, Vulcanology 2

A couple years ago when extreme cold slammed the southwest, it was not called a polar vortex, blamed on global warming or being treated

Uncomfortable Religious Freedom & Pedophilia

January 4, 2014January 5, 2014 20th Century US, American, Cultural Illiteracy, DEMOCRAT, Elizabeth Warren, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Movement Conservatives, Proverbs Challenge, Rand Paul 1

Allegedly, there is a report that Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson, at age 20, was sleeping with a 14-year-old girl, got her pregnant and was

Why Patriarchy, Dominionism, Christian Reconstruction Is Dangerous

December 21, 2013December 19, 2013 20th Century US, ALEC, American, Ann Coulter, Ayn Rand, Bill O'Reilly, Bobby Jindal, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, Chuck Baldwin, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, FAITH, Faith, Family Research Council, Far Righ Loons, Glenn Beck, Heritage Foundation, HISTORY, Howard Phillips, Idiot Conservatives, John Birch Society, Karl Rove, KKK, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Koch Whores, Laura Ingraham, Louis Gohmert, MAIN PAGE, Mike Huckabee, Mitch McConnell, Neo-Nazi, Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, Paul Ryan, Persecution, Rand Paul, Religious Cults, Richard Viguerie, Ron Paul, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Tea Party Patriots, Ted Cruz, Tom Coburn 4

“…”capital punishment is one of the best evangelistic tools of a society.” And, “there is no such thing as a natural disaster…what occurs results

Part II: The Problem With ‘Christian’ Reconstructionism

December 6, 2013December 4, 2013 20th Century US, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Howard Phillips, Idiot Conservatives, John Birch Society, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, Racism, Ron Paul

As with many of his followers, Rushdoony did not have a degree in theology. He graduated from UC Berkley with a B. A. in

Part I: The Problem With ‘Christian’ Reconstructionism

December 5, 2013December 4, 2013 20th Century US, American, Christian History, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Cultural Illiteracy, FAITH, Faith, Family Research Council, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Howard Phillips, Idiot Conservatives, John Birch Society, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, MAIN PAGE, Ron Paul

“…”The creation mandate was precisely the requirement that man subdue the earth and exercise dominion over it. There is not one word of Scripture

On This Day in 1963 C. S. Lewis Died

November 22, 2013November 18, 2013 20th Century US, Anglican, C. S. Lewis, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Episcopal Church, FAITH, Faith, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE

Strange how we have reactions to people. Have you ever done a Google search for images of people, only to have that person almost

Is the Middle Class Dead?

August 3, 2013August 1, 2013 20th Century US, A Church for Helldorado, ALEC, American, Ayn Rand, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Conservative Not Republican, Conservative War Against GOP, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, ECONOMY, Family, Family History, Far Righ Loons, Genealogy, Glenn Beck, HISTORY, Idiot Conservatives, John Birch Society, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Koch Whores, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, Michael Medved, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party Patriots, Wild West 3

Americans have, for many decades considered themselves the middle class. During the dark days of the Great Depression, those who were middle class, barely

Laughing at Myself

July 30, 2013July 28, 2013 2016, 20th Century US, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Cruz, CULTURE, Far Righ Loons, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, HISTORY, Idiot Conservatives, Joe Biden, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Paul, Paul Ryan, Psychology, Rand Paul, Romney, Ron Paul, SCIENCE, Ted Cruz 2

It started off by reading an article about night-owls of which I am one. I admit that I am one. Part of the character

Requium for the Elephant

July 25, 2013July 25, 2013 20th Century US, ALEC, American, Ancient, Barack Obama, Christian History, CONSERVATIVE, Conservative Betrayal, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Conservative Not Republican, Conservative War Against GOP, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Episcopal Church, FAITH, Faith, Far Righ Loons, Glenn Beck, HISTORY, Howard Phillips, Idiot Conservatives, John Birch Society, Koch Brothers, Koch Machine Whores, Koch Whores, MAIN PAGE, Paul, Randian Economic Disaster, Revisionism, Romney, Romney, Ron Paul, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party Patriots 1

“Every tub should stand upon its own bottom.” Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan Reince Prebius says that GOP stands for “God’s Own Party”. I gather

Why Humans Must Explore Space

July 20, 2013July 16, 2013 20th Century US, Advanced Systems, Apollo Program, Art, Astronomy, Ayn Rand, Classic TV, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Destroying NASA, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Far Righ Loons, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, PERSONAL, Planetary, Private Space Systems, Russian Space Program, SCIENCE, SPACE, Star Trek, Tea Party Patriots

Have you ever stopped to consider what might happen in space exploration if the Koch Machine had money riding on it? Have you ever

Much Ado About Very Little

April 16, 2013April 17, 2013 20th Century US, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, World War II 2

Upfront, The Pink Flamingo willingly admits that I know absolutely nothing about Justin Bieber. I’ve never heard him, and don’t plan to. After looking

Delusions of Austerity

February 2, 2013February 1, 2013 20th Century US, Conservative Not Republican, Conservative War Against GOP, CULTURE, Economic Downturn, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Whores, Libertarians, MAIN PAGE, Makers, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Takers, Tea Party Patriots, World War II 1

Austerity is a total and complete abject failure. Austerity in the UK has left the country in worse shape at this point in its

Those Pesky Epitaphs the Far Right Hurls

November 21, 2012November 17, 2012 2012, 20th Century US, Atheist War on Christians, Barack Obama, Baritones, Bill O'Reilly, Conservative Betrayal, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Conservative Not Republican, Conservative War Against GOP, Democratic Party, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Faith, George W. Bush, Glenn Beck, Idiot Conservatives, John Birch Society, KKK, Laura Ingraham, MAIN PAGE, Met, Michael Medved, National Socialist Party, Neo-Nazi, Opera, PERSONAL, Republican Party, Romney, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Sherrill Milnes, Tea Party Patriots

“…Some believe that the best way to express their patriotism is to burn their nation to the ground if it doesn’t measure up to

Do We Really Need Nukes at This Point?

October 22, 2012October 23, 2012 20th Century US, England, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Romney 1

I had a wonderful history professor who said the three worst Kings of England were considered to be John, Richard II, and James I.

Back in the USSR?

October 9, 2012October 8, 2012 20th Century US, American Renaissance, Barack Obama, Conservative Betrayal, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Conservative Not Republican, Council of Conservative Citizens, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Glenn Beck, Historial Ignorance, Idiot Conservatives, Iraq War, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, John & Peter Brimelow, John Birch Society, KKK, MAIN PAGE, Michelle Malkin, Problems with Islam, Romney, Stormfront, Terror, VDare 5

When a FOX News person talks about what Reagan did after he won the Cold War and the USSR, fell, you know you have

A Different Spin on the Whole Pussy Riot Story

August 22, 2012August 21, 2012 20th Century US, A Church for Helldorado, Baritones, Books by SJ Reidhead, Cultural Illiteracy, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, FAITH, Faith, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, Persecution, POLITICAL, Sherrill Milnes 3

The conservative world likes to put a big spin on the culture wars, discussing the war against Christianity. Yet, when there is a huge

David Barton Finally Blows It!

August 20, 2012August 19, 2012 20th Century US, American, American Revolution, Christian History, Cochise County Cowboy War, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Cultural Illiteracy, England, George Washington, Glenn Beck, Historial Ignorance, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Revisionism, Wild West

It’s the far right’s turn to be dumbed down by revisionism. The left has been infected by this vile disease since the end of

NOTE TO GOP: Please Pull the Plug on Romney – Today

July 30, 2012 2012, 20th Century US, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, GOP POTUS, HISTORY, Idiot Conservatives, Romney 1

Early this morning, The Pink Flamingo had the nightmare misfortune to catch CNN’s interview with Mitt Romney’s foreign policy adviser Richard Williamson. The other

Could We Be Wrong About Economics?

June 4, 2012June 2, 2012 2012, 20th Century US, American, Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Conservative Not Republican, Conservative War Against GOP, Economic Downturn, Eric Cantor, George W. Bush, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL, Randian Economic Disaster, Recession, Romney, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity

There comes a time in every person’s live when one must face some very nasty facts. It happens when you pull the plug on