Calling Out the Sheep

As I mentioned in Dispatch from the Front at LewRocwell.com I was accused of "calling out the sheep". They were apparently offended by this innocent mask. I don't understand why. It provides better protection than the cloth mask they wanted me to wear.

Are We Doomed?

This is getting away from the aviation theme of this blog but it is important. It is a continuation of my attempt to bring attention to the ruinous times in which we live.

I recently had an article posted at LewRockwell.com that shows what we are seeing is not new. The post is here.

There is also an important powerful video on the same subject. You can see it here. It tells the truth. 

YouTube labels it "inappropriate & offensive" and requires that you "Click to Accept.

It's had almost 1.5 million views in 3 weeks.

Your Fear of Flying

I am talking to YOU, pilots.

Actions speak louder than words, they say. I think it is true. A person can talk all he likes about what his motivations are, what his plans are, how he is going to accomplish this or that. But when push comes to shove watch what a person does. He cannot fake that. By his actions and not his words you will know the real person.

Many pilots adopted wearing masks early to protect themselves from the corona virus. Then altruism reared its ugly head and mask wearing was demanded to show you "cared" about others. It became a propaganda statement rather than a protective measure.

Wearing the mask says I am afraid. Afraid of catching a cold.

When it comes to the corona virus if you deduct all the unnecessary nursing home deaths, the gun shot victims classified as a corona deaths, the heart attack victims classified as a corona deaths, the deaths that were not reported until months after they occurred thereby jacking up the death rate for the month they were reported and the deaths that doctors guessed were caused by corona because their hospitals are reimbursed at three times the flu rate you are left with a disease that is marginally worse than the flu.

So pilots are clearly afraid of the virus. Their employers are forcing them to appear fearful to the public. Passengers see pilots with their masks on. They get the message that pilots are afraid of the virus.

In the general population the chance of death from the virus is about 40 per 100,000 people. The occupational death rate for pilots and flight engineers is far higher at 58 per 100,000. Thus it follows that pilots must be far more afraid of flying than they are of the virus.

Do you think anyone wants to trust their lives to a pilot that is afraid of flying?

Second Inaugural Post

Hello…hello…hello. 

Anybody out there…there…there?

If words fall on a blog page and no one is around to read them was anything said?

It’s been ten years since I posted anything here. No one left any comments. I lost interest after a few months. In fact I had forgotten all about this blog until the recent unpleasantness in my life. You can read about it in my article “Dispatch from the Front” at LewRockwell.com.

My sudden change in finances had me thinking about Internet revenue possibilities. My retirement program should be adequate but a little extra would be nice. That meant I would need to start a website or blog. Then I remembered…Oh Yeah! I HAVE a blog! Somewhere.

Here it is! Had to Google myself to find it. With this post I am resurrecting that blog.

I have begun a new adventure. If you know me you are not surprised. One friend has an address book dedicated just to me. He had gotten tired of erasing and rewriting address entries. Now he just adds them to the list. Don’t worry Hal. I didn’t move this time.

I have to thank Becky Akers for encouraging me to submit my story to LewRockwell.com. Becky is an accomplished writer. She writes for LewRockwell.com, the largest libertarian website in the world. She has also written two historic novels: Halestorm, about the heroic Nathan Hale and Abducting Arnold, a story of Benedict Arnold you are not likely to see anywhere else.

I have provided links to Becky’s books on Amazon but I do not get any revenue from them. I don’t think this blog qualifies for Amazon’s affiliate program because the posts are so old and most of the links no longer work. It will take me a while to update the blog and apply for Affiliate status.

I would also like to thank Cindy Beyerlein, PhD, for her emotional support during this. She is a friend and financial advisor. She didn’t know that I had resigned from my job until after the fact. Then she scrambled to analyze my new situation. If you are in need of a financial advisor that really cares about her clients she can be contacted at Ameriprise Financial. I get nothing for this referral either. (Well, she may give me a hug me the next time we meet. It’s the “hugs-for-plugs” program).

Here’s the link to my article: “Dispatch from the Front”.

[Updated July 11, 2020 to reflect posting at LRC]