The McDowell Memo

 Time for a true Code of Conduct for Federal elected and appointed officials After watching the last 3 decades of wasted time and finances in investigating Presidents, etc. and having no real impact on stopping the actions that we felt were injurious to the country. I hereby propose the following items be included in a bill in both houses and signed by the President. The President immediately appointee a special commission to write a formal Code of Conduct for all Federal office candidates , office holders, and All federal appointees. Said Commission will include the following 3 Justices of the Supreme Court, 3 members off Republican and 3 members of the Democratic party from both the House and The Senate The Chairman of the Commission will be the Vice President of the United States,  The purpose will be to determine the following  What  is a High Crime and Misdemeanor What is the time frame in which a person covered by their office is h...

McDowell Memo: A Society of Change or a Society of Basic Principles strictly followed Part 2  How do find a way to work through this great divide in logic between Liberal ethical Society centered thought and Conservative moral Personal Thought. There are some similarity in both approaches and both approaches are learned not born with attributes. First, are both concepts widely held or is one more accepted or widely practiced. Lets explore that Conservative thought is based upon Judaism,  Christianity and to some extent Islamic beliefs. These all believe that your sense of right and wrong is given to us through the God of Abraham and is capsulated in the Ten Commandments .Next Conservatism does not allow for change to the basic beliefs of the religion because they are Extreme Being given and are a covenant with god. Many liberals believe in the same method of finding what a basic belief is but that time has demanded that a more current view be applied. So our fir...

 A Society of Change or a  Society of Basic Principles strictly followed  This will be an unusual McDowell Memo as it will have multiple parts as I explore the great rift in our societal ways of viewing improvement Part #1 A Society of Change Those of us who have experienced 50 or more years of this world will not doubt agree that Change is essential to growing and well conceived society . We will explore several types of change including change for change only, and change to completely change the world. Lets first look at what some of the worlds leaders have said about change . We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us. Vladimir Lenin   Atheism is a natural and inseparable part of Marxism, of the theory and practice of scientific socialism. Our program necessarily includes the propaganda o...

I normally do not plug a movie but Tom Hanks who I feel is a great actor is going to portray Fred Rogers one of the truly great people of the past 100 years . Here is a clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWWCqes85gQ Fred Rogers always put forth a great sense of calm that more and more we need to give to kids. Can you Remember what life was like as a kid in 1968 with the war, assassinations, and riots. But that year a soft spoken man in a sweater would give back to a  whole generation the chance to be a nice person, Here is chronology of his work Here is my final thought of why we need to be like Fred Rogers This world is not my home

Today as I sit writing this there a Severe Thunderstorm Warning and Flash Flood Warning for our area. So , I thought with all my time in Law Enforcement , Plant Protection and Loss Prevention I have had a lot of exposure to varying types of weather emergencies, maybe I should pass on what I have learned.  Know what type of Storm you are facing each has different exposures Snow Rain High Wind Tornado Storm Surge Lowland Flooding River or Lake Flooding  Each  of  these has a list of items needed to be prepared Each has actions that should be taken upon awareness of the threat Each has communication issues Here is a list that all emergencies need to have present in the home for protection  Water at Least 2 gals preferably frozen Flashlights one for every member of the house  Headlight Flash lights again for everyone  a first aid kit designed for the number of persons in the house doubled ( you may have to treat neighbors) 2 ...

Great Tenors why are they Great? Here are my top Tenors in Southern Gospel Music each is great for a different reason Ernie Haase - Ernie is the total entertainer , great range and facial expression and a great comic who captivates a crowd. Here is two great examples My next Example is Michael Booth of the Booth Brothers , Michael is the essence of smooth and hits notes so effortlessly it is sometime lost what a tremendous range he has. Finally David Phelps "The Voice " probably the greatest Tenor of all time Thank god for all those great tenors that show us the greatness of the sung words of our lives. 

The following Retailers have filed for Bankruptcy in 2019 Beauty Brands   January filing Innovative Mattress Solutions ( Mattress Warehouse, Mattress King, and Sleep Outfitters, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 14) Shopko-   filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 16. On March 19, CBS reported that Shopko's 363 stores would close after the company failed to find a buyer.  Gymboree, a clothing company that also runs Janie & Jack and Crazy 8 stores, filed for bankruptcy on January 17. It is closing all of its more than 800 Gymboree and Crazy 8 stores.  Charlotte Russe  This women's clothing retailer filed for bankruptcy on February 4 and announced that it would closing all of its stores on March 6. Things Remembered Filed Chapter 11 on February 6th  Payless Shoe Source -Filed February 18th will close all stores Diesel USA - clothing company filed March 5th  Z Gallerie - Home Furnishing store filed March 11th...

Going back 50 Years to 1969 a year that forever changed the World Nixon begins "Vietnamization" in Southeast Asia. Background: Vietnam War The United States, USSR, and about 100 other countries sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). Background: nuclear disarmament Russian and Chinese troops clash along the Ussuri River. 27-year-old Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi deposes King Idris of Libya and establishes a pro-Arabic, anti-Western, Islamic Republic  T The first human landing on the moon wasn't the only major story to generate big headlines in the summer of 1969. Within the span of just one month - mid-July to mid-August - three other notable events occurred that even now, three decades later, continue to resonate in our social and cultural memory. The historic flight to the moon was launched on the morning of July 16, 1969, and over the next four days, as the Apollo 11 crew soared ever closer to the lunar surface, millions of television v...