Jim's Blog

        Since Oklahoma has passed the No permit law for fire arms I have had mixed feelings.  I fully support the 2d Amendment.  Before the modern age owning a weapon for a tool, a means of survival. Furthermore, those before us were not carrying automatic and semi-automatic weapons when the Bill of rights was written. As we have become more modern, we have become more civilized (for the most part)        Today weapons are a toy and some for protection.  To fully support the 2d Amendment I feel that Americans must first know how to use it and the laws that for in place for use.  A good example of this is... you cant fire your weapon from a vehicle unless you can prove exigent circumstances.  Also, you must be able to protect law enforcement when they are in danger if you on the scene. If they are in trouble you must be able to assist.  This doesn't mean that you are going to instantly start enforcing the laws. If a ...

So, the other day my wife and I were watching, "The Good Doctor."  The initial plot (for the episode) was about two girls who didn't know one another.  One had to have major facial reconstruction and the other was brain dead.  The doctors in the scene decided that a complete face transplant would work for the living girl and they subsequently asked the mother of the brain dead child if she would consent to organ donation.  At first, she declined then a chance meeting of the mother and the living child changed her mind.  Fast forward... they walk the brain dead child toward the operating room first.  As they wheel the bed through the corridor there were two long rows of doctors, nurses, medical and admin staff showing a sign of respect.  The mother, covered in tears, is wondering what was happening.  A doctor leaned in and said this is called, "The Walk of Honor." The overwhelming respect seem to get to me and remind me of a time when I was deploy...

You know, I have always been an, "On the fence guy... a go along, get along guy but there is one thing I believe in. America! While I'm not perfect I believe that I should, could and would do my best to protect the RED, WHITE, and BLUE.  If I move to a different country then I'm expected to follow the rules.  If you want to live here in the US then do it properly and have patients.  If something is wrong in someone's country then they should affect change.  Be the change.  Vote!  Stand up for what you believe in.  You may not be the affect of change but you could be the start.  Just as our forefathers did they started a change.  Now, the change says no vacancy.  Why? because of the acts of malicious people who don't like us because we are different.  Not everyone is the same or is going to agree but this is my country and I believe in what we have here.  I may have disagreements with somethings in this country but I still love...

I didn't know Master Sargent Zaniewski.  My dad was his old commander when they served together.  everyone, my dad included would call him "MSg Z" or just "Z."  I had only met him once but I could tell that he was the NCO's NCO (Non-commissioned Officer).  He was the crusty type of guy that you would see in the military movies.  The hard shell of a man that stood up to anyone and could walk through a hail of bullets in the middle of a fire fight.  He had the demeanor of, "Don't worry Sir, I'll take care of it" He was a guy that the Army had gotten a hold of and refined him to the best of their abilities but he still had the roughness of a Non-commissioned Officer. The only difference that I saw was that he had a soft center.  His wife Amy made sure of that. she ensured that he stayed in touch with humanity and kept a gentle side.  Master Sargent Andrew Zaniewski succumbed to his illness on January 21, 2019 after a long battle with cancer....

I would like to give a shout out to the campus grounds keepers.  I come on to campus and I am in awe of how well the grounds are kept.  The layout is wonderful and beautifully organized.  every spring they design the OU logo in a floral pattern and when it's in bloom the color bursts throughout the court yard.  I used to think some of the military bases that I had been to were well kept but those pale in comparison to the grounds here at OU.  The manicuring that is done throughout the University is just...superb.  Those folks that maintain the grounds don't get any credit for what they do.  I wish the students could see what I see.  Hard work and dedication to a job and a place that give back to the students, the city of Norman, and the state of Oklahoma.  Its the labor forces as a whole that provide a lot for everyone and yet their hard work goes unnoticed and underpaid if you ask me.  We should all take some time to think of the blood...

Being a Catholic Republican I was discussed with those kids.  Then I realized that they haven't lived a full life.  They don't know what's ahead of them in life yet.  As someone who is older and wiser then I was.  I have seen the world and experienced many things, places, cultures, and ideas.  Kids are filled with vigor and excitement and their impulsiveness will soon die off like everyone else before them.  They don't know any better.  I digress though.  They haven't lived or taken the time to understand others or their surroundings.  In time they will learn.  With situations like this that's is the only thing that will help them understand... Time.  Another factor is that when they are directly affected by something that they oppose or don't understand then they will take further stock in issues and ideas that affect them.  Something I neglected to think of earlier is that they are not fully educated and they are still under...

My analysis of Danielle Allen's first part of her book is that she is talking about liberty and equality and the difference between the two. She hones in on equality and basically states that equality is the goal... it is better.  We want to be equal and we want freedom and liberty.  Equality is the fairness that we yearn for.  Equality is the treatment that transcends out of freedom and liberty. Allen further goes on to say that in the elections of 2012, Presidential candidate Mit Romney quoted a backdrop during a debate.                  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —    http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/ I feel that Romney construed this text for his own gain rather than focus on the true meaning....