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AMERICAN CTE: FOOTBALL AND DRIVING

April 13, 2016 by David Gillaspie

The last thing good baby boomer helicopter parents wanted was their precious getting his brain rattled loose. But they have friends, friends with dads who coach youth football. “I hear your boy’s a good kicker. He want to play some ball?” And he’s on the team, from sixth grade kicker to pulling guard on a […]

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BABY BOOMERS RUINED AMERICA? NO, YOU DID.

March 9, 2016 by David Gillaspie

When you hear how ruined America is and agree, it means one thing. If it’s not poisoned air, poisoned water, or broken bridges, it’s broken morals. Pick one to work on first. Did you pick yourself? Not yet? Give it another try. In the meantime, poisoned air from art glass factories isn’t the same as […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, baby boomer, BOOMER, boomerpdx, clean air, clean water, pollution, ruined america, water

ANGRY AMERICA? BBC SAYS YES

February 4, 2016 by David Gillaspie

The BBC knows why you live in angry America. And angry Oregon. Research shows an angry America. Is it true? Yes, according to BBC research that includes all the big names in poll sampling. A CNN/ORC poll. Be angry the results are posted on a twenty nine page pdf file for clickability. NBC/Wall Street Journal […]

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THE AMERICAN JOB? BE A GOOD CITIZEN

January 21, 2016 by David Gillaspie

The American job comes with a Mission Statement, Code of Conduct, and Job Description. Talk to people who came to America after WWII and hear their citizenship story. They came from bombed out nations to find a new life. They came for the American job and learned the job of being an American along the […]

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YOUR POLITICAL DEBATE RIGHT HERE

October 16, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Baby Boomers Saw The First Televised Political Debate With Nixon And Kennedy. The first televised political debate pitted seasoned pro Vice President Nixon against the young newcomer Senator John Kennedy. The young charger was four years younger than Nixon. They squared up for the biggest political prize in the land, leader of the free world. […]

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AN AMERICAN MEMOIR FOR THE POPE

September 30, 2015 by David Gillaspie

When The Pope Visited Philadelphia In The Shadow Of Rocky. Picture yourself in the land of our forefathers, walking on ground won by American blood. It’s the same American blood flowing through every American. That’s Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War and every war since. Two hundred years later Philadelphia was the site of President Ford’s […]

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TRAUMA NATION AMERICA IN 10 POINTS

August 4, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Is America The Leader In The Race To The Top Of Trauma? 10 Reasons For Yes On Trauma Nation America. Recent research shows DNA passes down trauma markers from parents to kids. That means if a father suffers a traumatic event his DNA adapts and gets installed in his children. It could be a good […]

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MAGNA CARTA BIRTHDAY PARTY

June 15, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Once Upon A Time The English People Were Heard In The Magna Carta. Weren’t They? If you could read the Magna Carta, you’d come across the part about arresting freemen for no cause. It’s the most popular part. By 1215 most freemen had had enough problems with King John. Now you needed a reason to […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, declaration of independence, King John, magna carta

THE ENGLISH WAY IN U.S.

April 13, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Cultural Drama Or Living Hell In The English Way? Are you Angliophallic? Angliophilic? Angliophobic? Either way, Oregon can’t get enough British TV. America absorbs the English way fast. Cast Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Moore in Downton Abbey and wait for the cheers. King Arthur’s Round Table on Doc Martin? Who would blink an eye? As […]

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THE GOOD LISTENER, A BABY BOOMER TRAIT

October 31, 2014 by David Gillaspie

Making The Effort To Show You Care. Sometimes you come across a great notion and wonder if anyone else notices what you noticed. Notions are trickstery like that. What you see in your mind is all that matters. Does it matter? The mattering starts when you write it out, when you lay it down for […]

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AMERICAN CTE: FOOTBALL AND DRIVING

BABY BOOMERS RUINED AMERICA? NO, YOU DID.

ANGRY AMERICA? BBC SAYS YES

THE AMERICAN JOB? BE A GOOD CITIZEN

YOUR POLITICAL DEBATE RIGHT HERE

AN AMERICAN MEMOIR FOR THE POPE

TRAUMA NATION AMERICA IN 10 POINTS

MAGNA CARTA BIRTHDAY PARTY

THE ENGLISH WAY IN U.S.

THE GOOD LISTENER, A BABY BOOMER TRAIT

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