“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
Going to take a short detour for today. I need extra time to prepare the next subject series and a breather from a hectic past few weeks on the home front. I also wanted to make sure there was an audience for what I have to contribute to The QTree. If the interest continues, I … Continue reading Back In My Day: Purposeful Lives
Many already know to whom I am referring. Very few men, if any, could honestly make the statement I am about to make. I married and climb into bed each night with a woman who slept with Dolly. Yep. I'm a traditional sort of guy, so making this admission is not what I normally would … Continue reading Back In My Day: The Mountain Songbird
When you get time and if you are interested in the subject of the Uniparty and The Club, I hope you will consider reading this HOH four part series. Please forgive my writing style and focus on the content and implications because stories like this one give us big clues. That said, let's finish this … Continue reading Back In My Day: House of Haslam – Conclusion
My hope is that you have invested time into the HOH series. I believe you will find it worth it starting today if you have questioned the commitment. I wanted to shorten this one. Impossible. It simply has too many nuggets to shorten. There is a soothing peace one receives in his or her spirit … Continue reading Back In My Day: House of Haslam, Part 3 – Lose/Win, Win/Win, and (Highly) Suspicious Minds!
As promised we will now move into the HOH rise to power within the expanding Pilot Oil empire in the vehicular retail fuel distribution industry. From the start of the business until Big Jim's buy out of Marathon's ownership, the company grew primarily through internally generated cash flow, smaller bank loans and funding from Marathon. … Continue reading House of Haslam, Part 2 – The Rise To An Industry Power
I am using the privileges Wolf has given me as an author to bring a PSA. I will resume the HOH series real soon, hopefully this weekend. Good teachers matter. We all know good, sincere teachers in schools. We also know teachers exist in every occupation as well as other areas of our existence. Teachers … Continue reading Back In My Day: Good Teachers Mattered Then and They Matter Now
Many of you are going to say, "Who?" Others are going to be aware of one or more of the key big three male members of the subject family. You may even wonder how a discussion about them will be the least bit interesting. Well, grab your favorite beverage and get comfortable. This will be … Continue reading Back In My Day – The House of Haslam, Part 1
Continuing with our newly created theme I need to bring things forward in a more intense way because the primary subject of today's thread would undoubtedly want it that way. She is remembered for the intensity of her stare. It was a glare that could cause knees to buckle of grown women and men. In … Continue reading Back In My Day – The Warrior Queen
A Note from Wolf..... This is TradeBait's first authored post - upgraded (at my insistence) from a comment he made on today's open thread. I look forward to many more! https://youtu.be/0FT3SmZ_zx0 Time for a TB story as eyes roll. It’s OK, it’s your day off. Wolf said he looked forward to these in his other … Continue reading Back In My Day…