Recent content by Doug B

I agree with your general sentiment, dr. But things are much to complex, don't you think, to be able to say anything about the foreign policies of any country as being the primary and/or exclusive cause to the ills of the world? If the tables were turned, would the nations that have limited...

Growing up, I loved the intro to Combat. And they always seemed to be on patrol in the south of France, er, LA? And since you asked about Spock in an ostensibly rhetorical question: 8) "just like every other army that has tried to invade Afghanistan." And Vietnam. Good post, btw...

Seeing your post of "Red Dawn" as one of the worst (which I would agree with) reminded me of a documentary that I watched on public broadcasting about 12 years ago. It was about a congressional race between two North Carolinian candidates. The Democratic challenger had just given a speech in her...

Hey NTS. Very unlikely that it was a light from an aircraft. The likely distance from the aircraft and the size of the light didn't jive. I've spent 100s of hours in and around Huey's in later years while in the USAF, not to mention lots of hours on and around active flightlines. I think the...

I grew up in a suburb south of Portand, Oregon, with 4 siblings. During a summer night (1968) my parents had gone to visit some relatives for the evening, leaving the five kids alone. I was the youngest at 11. The oldest was 18. My brother (Don) and I were going to spy on my older sister and...

Agreed, Ron. However, it would be a pretty neat move to fake his death and then use the time to interrogate him. Sounds like a bad movie, but who knows.