The FlyDivers next adventure will be
in our converted bus. We very much intend to visit as many of the
historical sites in our country as the time left to us and the price and
availability of diesel fuel will allow. Here are some places we intend
to visit. The list will grow as we travel along.
- Revolutionary and Civil War Sites
- Class G airports -- Uncontrolled airspace
where we can legally fly our ultralights
- Texas, Nevada and Arizona - Looking for a
place to live where it is reasonably warm and we won't mind staying
put when we can no longer travel.
- NASCAR Races
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Most of our history is glorious and
fascinating but some of it is best not repeated. The list below is a
reading list that will perhaps explode a few myths and hopefully help us to not
make the same mistakes twice. Larry Schweikart and Michael
Allen. A Patriot's History of the United States
H.W. Crocker III. DON'T TREAD on ME: A 400-year History of
America at War
Robert Harvey. A Few Bloody Noses: The Realities and Mythologies
of the American Revolution
A.J. Langguth. Patriots: The Men Who Started the American
Revolution also Our Vietnam
Stanley Weintraub. General Washington's Christmas Farewell
Glenn Beck. Being George Washington --
On the character of George Washington
Richard Brookheiser. James Madison
Ira Stoll. Samuel Adams: A Life
Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. John Adams -- Also in DVD
from the movie
H.W. Crocker III. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War
Noah Andre Trudeau. Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea
Barbara W. Tuchman. The Guns of August -- Prelude to World
War I
John Keegan. The Iraq War also The First World War |
Politics is a pain in the posterior and the
FlyDivers
have no desire to turn this site into a political blog. But
the fact is that there is no possible way that the FlyDivers could have done all
of the things we have without the individual freedom to pursue happiness
that is guaranteed in our constitution, a constitution created and
maintained by politicians. That should be the end of the discussion but
if folks don't deal with politics, at least enough to become informed
about the issues BEFORE they vote, they will then be exercising the most
important responsibility we as Americans have like ignorant jackasses.
The biggest problem is that virtually all of the traditional sources of
information are highly biased whether they will admit it or not.
Click anywhere in this cell for sources of information.
The reader must determine their veracity but the reader must also be
willing to look past ideology to find facts such as solutions that
have proven to work rather than solutions that sound like they should
work or worst of all solutions that only sound like they will make us
feel good. Even then, a determined ideologue, as Himmler demonstrated,
can sell a load of garbage disguised as gold. |