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John

I am here for Friends

About Me

Hmm. if my life had to be defined by a song, it would have to be "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" by Toby Keith.

My Interests

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Music:

New Country (Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Montgomery Gentry), Rock (Flyleaf, Nickelback, Linkin Park), Heavy Metal (Metallica, Queensryche, Breaking Benjamin), and 80's rock (Night Ranger, Poison, Asia)

Movies:

OK, ready for some diversity (like my musical tastes aren't diverse) Blackhawk Down, Top Gun, Starship Troopers, The Breakfast Club, Any Star Wars movie, any John Wayne movie, Harry Potter, Super Troopers, The American Pie Trilogy, Road Trip

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, NCIS, Law & Order, Who's line is it anyway, Sponge Bob Squarepants

Books:




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Heroes:

Dad, SPC Tommy Wharton, SFC George Pugliese, SGT Eric Slebodnik, SPC (P) Lee Weigand, SPC (P) Billy Evans, SSG Dan Arnold, SPC (P) Oliver Brown, GEN George S. Patton, Jr., Pres. Ronald Reagan, Pres. George W. Bush

My Blog

Just do it!

   Well, it's primary election time here in Pennsylvania.  This year, the Keystone state actually will play a part in atleast the democratic nomination for President.    ...
Posted by John on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:52:00 PST

What we have here is a failure to communicate...

There is a reason why I don't make it a habit to watch CNN, the least of which is it's reputation of being the "Clinton News Network" (to me Clinton is a noun and it means liberal) The greatest of whi...
Posted by John on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:50:00 PST

Happy Birthday Marines! And Happy Veterans Day!

First of all, I'd like to wish every Marine a Happy Birthday!  Without a doubt the USMC is the best thing to ever come out of a meeting held at a tavern in Philadephia!  All kidding aside, s...
Posted by John on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:52:00 PST

A very special day

Today, the seventh of July is a very special day for me.  You see, 10 years ago I met a woman.  In those ten years she has become my Best Friend.  Seven years ago, shortly after my Mom ...
Posted by John on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:26:00 PST

September 11, 2001

Five years ago, I was going into work for AT&T in the old Oppenheim building in Scranton.  A co-worker told me that a plane had flown into a building in New York city.  Minutes later I s...
Posted by John on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:32:00 PST

Diatribe on the Middle East

Dig deep   As I am sure you all know, the origins of World War III are either being seeded in the countries of Lebanon and Israel, or the origin of WW III is happening as you read this.  Fo...
Posted by John on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:22:00 PST

A flood of memories

Last week, on Wednesday morning, June 28th at about 2:30 in the morning, I received a call from my National Guard unit.  My unit was being activated.  Over the next 7 days, its been a wild t...
Posted by John on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:15:00 PST

Memorial Day

George, Dan, Eric, Lee, Billy, Oliver, this one is for you.    Ahh, Memorial Day weekend.  A weekend that has come to mean the beginning of Summer.  And Memorial Day, of cours...
Posted by John on Mon, 29 May 2006 07:34:00 PST

A new day in Pennsylvania

         Its a sunny new day in Pennsylvania.  The winds of change have swept in a new era of politics, at least we can hope.  A record number of incu...
Posted by John on Thu, 18 May 2006 07:07:00 PST

You have to be kidding me

Lately, there have been a couple things I've seen in the news broadcasts that have made me stop in my tracks and , basically, left me speechless (those of you that know me know that that is an accompl...
Posted by John on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:17:00 PST