NATO has warned Russia border provokings  of Art  5 (Turkey since  ’52 )requires  member  response to aggression against any. Only  actually invoked 1 time  on response to 9-11 attacks. Nothing  for them to play round with BUT Obama  never heard of the camel nose under the  tent then is inside. Decided to let Putin fight his battles.”I can be Much more flexible  AFTER ’12 elections”. But  once a  coward…. Never can forget  doing  Command and Staff College study   under  Mutual Assured Destruction  while on  runway alert 30 min  away from E German border and own MAD. Got your  attention  without any  foot stamping will be on  exam. Final test  was  decoding the launch code never came thank  god and most oddly Nixon in  70’s Moscow talks. Another chicken loser back then  Carter until staunch Regan and  then Bush ’41 did THAT bunch in. Now we  got a new good  buddy Vlad. 8

Then where would he meet normal folk who’d vote for him? Jesus met with publicans and sinners as those were his goal to win over.  Your answer  assumes the  equation is bass-akwards. What I seen ‘o  Nome? Take a bloody beer to even begin a day! When I moved to “God’s Country” Bible Belt Buckle… ’75 Abilene? Dry as a bone EXCEPT private  $ bottle clubs and  2 small incorp. WET towns  large  sales  stores making a fortune offa  Baptists by Baptists   who owned them. “Old West  Abilene Town” direct on I-20 had a nice  steak house, one side dry and other wet so
I may  have  good red with a  rare steak where I ask to seat on the  N tables. Was pure nonsense ! Guess which side  the smart folks ate? BUT Iced tea other  was endless  so they pushed the  wet side for  wine $ and we’d wait if  a need .  OH yeah  ’08?  wet election  won AND had  1st  earthquake in many years “GOD Spoke!”  was headline  Reporter News!

And  that post just about as silly but does tell us something. You can hold your beliefs but the hand  across the table is the deal matter what. Near always a loss in intransigence. See DC today.
Fact is I have  2 Combat Readiness Medals meaning  least  2 years each 15 min  Nuc alert in  B-52 and EB 66. At THE O Club (and NCO)  BAR we  met  family and friends  to  drank free  “Alert  coke” and  none seemed to complain after  Berlin Wall and Soviet  Union  both fell. A lot to be said of friends  drinkn SOMETHIN at same time  over  human history.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-with-sinners.html

Come May reup don’t see the  small $ 150 expense here as a need to continue. Email meself  posts the  easier  route.  Near most the againers  are  disappearo’d  which is ALWAYS the  result of really  extended losses.  Get some on the up ’16?  will  flood back  like were never  gone.  Not  doing this ever again so I’ll print up the  2nd  year’s worth and  adios gombye.  But will use  till May when sumthin to say wurth a bother.  Still ego wise a bit like way way off B’way  name in lights Jr  Grade . 8

Ernest  McClure ; USAF Services   Bartend Emeritus  , 50 years  twice  retired,  came twice  back for  more tip jar!

Cousin Ernie !

I remember  arriving  in Abilene with my  beautiful wife and  2 year old Tom  on Columbus Day 1975. 40 years back. Everything closed but  Dairy Queen and tried to figger out what’s a “Buster”???  Not too long we came down to pick up my ’63 Porsche   at N Orleans  and  wandered into old  wooden Lackland  O’club and  met you. Next I was  at W’Hall Med Cntr  Jan ’77  for9 months and she and Tom with you were our family room along with Iran’s Shah!!

Day  in ‘ 79  they allowed  Shah to come for treatment   they closed the base while  we  were  at the  bar with Ernie at Happy Hour.  I hustled  us out to the  ’73 Bavaria and  cut across the  golf course to hit  Kelly AFB  access rd.  Next was  2 SP cars chasing  us down and  made us go back and wait out the  all clear when he  had settled in the VIP qtrs.  Same  we had  used with I was a visitor  on Hosp. weekends.   His  son had been at Reese AFB in pilot training while I bunked in the BOQ otrs  during my  EdD  residence  time at Texas Tech in Lubbock, ’77-78. Nice kid, everyone liked him and no shit head like the ones  took our  Embassy  captive and since. I ‘d been in  Weisbaden AB Hosp. ’75 while his pilot’s child was in  for cancer treatments and all the USAF folk told us how  thoughtful he was for his staff.  The Shah had  our EB-66s down for ECM demonstration but I was not able to get to IRAN during Dorly’s first tubal pregnancy  Aug ’71.   First class treatment the guys  said. Hated to miss a  section of the globe I’ve not passed over still.  That’s Iraq border to Burma/Thailand.

Usually,  Ernie,  you go with best  opine and when  I’d  a real need   of an assist in 2001 B-57  reunion  you were it.  There’s LOT’s  of  shade tree  mechanics , I know ONE Shade tree  bartender ever.  Saved my ass and we BOTH had a wonderful time, performed a miracle including local reloading HEB Tonic Water in the heat.! She’s  still beautiful and  your other G’son Tiny Tom’s the biggest value Realtor NW Alamo City!! Can I pick em? Our love to you  both but recall “The Mellow Host of Texas”,  me ,you,  MGen Danny  James  III and Jazz Band of the West? That’s a HOOT I’ve on tape.

http://www.aframnews.com/master-of-mixology-ernest-r-mcclure-shares-insights-about-our-black-past-and-future/

http://www.phillipsrealty.co/

http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/106644/lieutenant-general-daniel-james-iii.aspx

 You don’t drink so I can be your last big tip?  Bring the jar.  Don

Quoth  Black Santa, “Ever  more”