Monthly Archives: May 2015

screamingreenmachineIn the interest of full disclosure, I warn you that this story is a bit of a meandering tangled web but I promise, on my honor, that I will put it all together for you at the end.  Please don’t read ahead.  It will be worth it.

The story you are about to read is true.  None of the names have been changed “to protect the innocent” because with only one exception, there are no “innocents” involved!  
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Do you have any ancestors who are of Indian descent?

Do you have any ancestors who are of Indian descent?

The crew and I arrived yesterday in Bangalore to the most unusual welcome.

Starting with my first visit in 2011, I’ve been to India six or seven times, each time using the same five-year, multiple-entry, tourist visa I got in 2011.  Each time has been as part of the crew of a non-commercial, private flight.  (no charter or ticket paying passengers or cargo involved).

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That’s right.Time To Vote

It’s never “time” for a woman president.

It never has been and it never will be.

Just like it never was “time” for a black president, an Asian president, a Hispanic president, a gay president, a Native American president, or a transgender president.

Or a white president.

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