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Gangster politics, Gangster Government
by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired For the last five years, we’ve been treated to the sight of a two party system with one party radicalized, fulfilling the promise of “fundamentally transforming our Nation”, while most citizens call, write and communicate with congress demanding our nation return to Law,... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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On the Other Hand
by Gunerry Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired We like to think that our form of government was designed and built to the desires and intents of the citizens who populated the “several states” existing after the war brought us independence, but the truth is, “the people” had almost no input,... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Calculated Change
by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired About a million years ago, I got my first real “metal lathe” I didn’t build myself. The “engine lathe” is the mother of all machine tools. The first machine tool, it is the only one which can build its self, and its primary... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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The Changling
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired “I’ve got vision and the whole world’s wearing bifocals” Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid About six months ago, I replaced my monitor four times in three days. Looking at the original receipt, realizing it was eight years old, I chose to buy... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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The Rule of Law
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired Last week, a retired Master Sergeant, Iraq and Afghanistan multiple tours in each veteran, was taking his son on a hike as part of his son’s work to earn his “Hiking merit badge” in the desert land in Texas. He took a handgun... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Violence in our Society
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired With the events which purportedly took place at a school in Sandy Hook, we received an instant, knee jerk reaction; it’s time to ban guns, especially automatics, and assault weapons, no one needs thirty bullets to hunt, all the standard malarkey. Such things... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Equal Rights
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired The founding premise of the issue of homosexual marriage and the entire “normalization” of homosexuality is the suggestion homosexuals don’t have equal rights as people, and are by this way discriminated against. If I can leave aside the religious issue for the moment,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 4, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Senator Evers applauds the Navy Federal Credit Union on its Expansion in Northwest Florida
Pensacola, FL – Senator Greg Evers (R-Baker) commended Navy Federal Credit Union on their success and their decision to expand their business in Pensacola today. The company announced a capital investment that will exceed $200 million, and the creation of over 1,500 new jobs with an average salary of over... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2013 at Gulf1-E-Evers
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Cathartes aura Oportunis
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired Except for those who served, married them, grew up with them as parents or as sons or daughters, Marines are a strange and difficult to understand a culture which has grown into our unique American form, as they have helped form this Nation... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Sitting on a Fence
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired Just about everyone sees the need to fix our government, as it is not in our control at all at the present. We have a vast assemblage of problems, accumulated over decades of government ruling government, with no concern for “The People, and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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War on Stupidity
by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired We have come to a point in our Nation where the genuine, can’t find the top of their heads with both hands stupid people seem to outnumber rational thinkers. Today, I read an op-ed piece where a six year old student was suspended... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Misallocation of Capital (3)
by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired In the first part, I showed the actual producer with the best data is the best allocator of capital produced as profit. In part (2), I showed the proper use for the purpose of founding government, why government is least qualified to properly... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Misallocation of Capital (part 2)
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired Capital is the single most critical aspect of “enterprise” in any venue, because it is the sole difference between “tribal living nomadic, hunting gathering life-style” and the “settled, chosen field for agrarian work, chosen for its natural value, and its future prospects”. The... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Misallocation of Capital (part 1)
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired This Nation got a head start on the free allocation of capital while colonies because at our inception, “the capital” was almost entirely “sweat equity”, which is allocated entirely by the laborer, while our “sparse population” meant very little central control of anything... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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The Tenth Amendment
by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired I wrote last week on the ninth amendment of the bill of rights, and I’ve put my thoughts on the fourth amendment, pursuant to the current depredations enacted by executive order, via the Department of Homeland Security, designating “constitution free zones”, as if... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Turf Tuesdays
Learn how to better care for your lawn by joining “Turf Tuesdays”, a four-week program offered by UF/IFAS Santa Rosa County Extension. Classes are scheduled for Feb. 26, and March 5, March 12 and March 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the UF/IFAS Santa Rosa County Extension Office located... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2013 at Gulf1-Santa_Rosa
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Tate Student Arrested for Arson
A Tate High School student has been arrested today for arson after setting a soap dispenser on fire in the boy’s bathroom. The incident occurred yesterday around 9:40 a.m. The school resource officer heard someone yell that there was a fire. As the deputy exited his office, he could see... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2013 at Gulf1-Escambia-FL
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The Fourth Amendment
By Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired We are constantly told “the constitution is outdated, it was designed for simpler times, it no longer fits, the list of excuses goes on forever. Two plus two has equaled four all my life, and the mathematical principles which make it so have... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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The Ninth Amendment
by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired To listen to this column, Click here: Gunny_2_16_13 When we consider the U.S. constitution, we tend to focus on the personal aspects that directly impact our own lives specifically, and we tend to have a difficult time getting around to gathering to consider... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Friends of the Pace Library Annual Used Book Sale @ Pace United Methodist Church
Friends of the Pace Library will be holding a book sale on Thursday, Feb. 21 through Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Community Center of First United Methodist Church of Pace, 4540 Chumuckla Hwy, Pace. The annual used book sale is the biggest fund raiser for Friends of the Pace Library.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at Gulf1-Santa_Rosa
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Indiscriminate Fools
If you would like to listen to this column click here: Mcclain_2_5_13 By John McClain, USMC, Retired My tenth birthday was awaited with great angst. I had made flash cards, all matters of long lists, exactly worded statements, and fixed principles I knew and lived under, I had studied all... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at Gulf1 - C - From the Gunny's Desk
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Sheriff's Office Investigation Targets “Spice”
On January 31, 2012, members of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit conducted undercover operations in Escambia County, Florida, with the intent of locating and identifying local business’s participating in the unlawful sale of synthetic marijuana (Spice). During this investigation, eleven (11) convenience stores were targeted, in which... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at Gulf1-Escambia-FL
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Bank Robbery with Bomb Threat
Escambia County deputies responded to a bank robbery at about 2:30 pm today at the Beach Community Bank, 9329 N. Palafox St. As deputies were responding they were alerted of a possible suspect vehicle, which they spotted trying to exit the shopping complex near the bank. Deputies detained the suspect... Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2013 at Gulf1-Escambia-FL
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Child Pornography Arrest in Pensacola
A Pensacola man was arrested on child pornography charges Thursday after investigators determined he had downloaded sexually explicit movies involving children onto his laptop computer and transmitted those images to other computer users. Joshua Montuori, 23, of 3206 W. Lee St., was charged with 20 counts of distribution of obscene... Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2013 at Gulf1-Pensacola
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Found Money Returned by Local Citizen
On January 28, 2013 deputies learned of a large sum of cash that had been found on the shoreline in 8700 block of Scenic Hwy. George Cooper, of Pensacola was cleaning the shoreline area behind his home in the 8700 block of Scenic Hwy, when he saw a plastic bag... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2013 at Gulf1-Escambia-FL
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