The Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Metroplex spent months sliding into the worst excesses of the Second Great Depression. It started with protests against the old President’s handling of the latest Chinese Flu and the economic impacts of his China policies before the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for July, 2020
One of the things that amazes me about writing is just how crazy things can get. Or rather, how what you think is crazy when you write it can turn normal real soon. When I started writing Jack of Harts[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The mayor of Dallas did not accept Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base’s defiance of her lawful orders to arrest their Marine. He had murdered an entire group of peaceful protesters in cold blood, and the “security footage” the base had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base’s commander recognized the danger the Second Great Depression’s protests, riots, and gang violence held for his military base. And for those personnel who lived off base. Fort Worth JRB was a reserve base, so that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base housed various Texas State Guard, Army, Air Force, and Marine units when the Second Great Depression came upon us all. VMFA-112, the Cowboys, is the most famous of those units. They had been there for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base could legally do nothing about the civil chaos in the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Metroplex surrounding them. They were professional military, not law enforcement, and even the Texas State Guard units on base could not help until[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The mayors of the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Metroplex welcomed the early protestors that heralded the Second Great Depression. They ordered the police to stand down and let the peaceful protesters be, and when the protests became riots and more, they mayors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Great Depression hit the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Metroplex harder than nearly any other city or group of cities in Texas and the rest of America. Demonstrations became protests and riots, and the civilian leadership actually encouraged them, ordering the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
TLDR version: School is the great equalizer. The great opportunity. The great path to freedom and success in America that anyone can navigate if they have the drive and ambition. It’s as American as apple pie. It’s our greatest gift[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma flew in support of Texas during the Drug Wars. Their F-35Bs could loiter over the battlefields slower than nearly any other aircraft, allowing them to support Texan and American troops in unique and valuable ways.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…