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The Great Pinapple on Pizza Debate... My Opinion: Put WhatEVER You Want on Pizza... I Just Don't Care... I Like Cheasapeake Bay Crab and Coctail Sauce/Regular Tomato Sauce Blend...

But First! My Opinions from 2001...

Retrieved from my Yahoo Geocities Website: Yosemite/Trails/6803...

Cardboard Cities of KALIfornia...as we roll into the year 2001 it seems sad to me that we are spiraling down into a third-world ghetto society...soon all that we can afford to live in will be cardboard boxes...

PG&E; recently stole about 10 BILLION dollars from KALIfornians... That theft alone will wreck our economy... (MORE ranting of a deranged lunatic below my lovely drawing)
We (the average schmoes) simply will not be spending any money on anything other than food and shelter... Nothing will be spent at arts and crafts stores... and so the arts and crafts stores will go out of business... nothing will be spent at record and tape stores... and so they will go out of business...ALL BUSINESSES THAT DEPEND ON VOLUNTARY SPENDING WILL FOLD... as an example...Fleetwood recreational vehicles just closed the factory here in chico...WHY?...because no one is buying recreational vehicles anymore...345 people got laid off...those people CERTAINLY do not have any money to spend on ANYTHING other than survival...WE will not be buying any jet-skis, home stereos, vcrs, computers, televisions, new cars...no going out to dinner at restaurants... AND...all the people that work in those businesses will be cutting back on THEIR spending too...THANKS PIGGY (PG&E)

HSU Bookstore by gvan42


and then on FaceBORG: The Ram Dass Group:
This group is a community in which we collectively share the loving teachings of Ram Dass, aka Richard Alpert. It is a hangout place for everyone who loves Ram Dass, his teachings and his life. We share our knowledge of, and experience with, these teachings. We support each other on this adventurous, wonderful journey of walking each other home. 

Does law of attraction and manifestation techniques really work?

You have to believe it 100% with no doubts, and it'll come to past. The universe will create paths for you and your intuition will take you there, you will take actions that'll take you there. And of course from the outside, they say you "took actions".
Do you believe you have to work hard to be rich? Or being rich takes time? Then you'll do that. I know plenty of people who became multimillionaires fast and in a short time, and also know plenty who worked hard for years

and I Responded: It's easy to notice that the opposite is true... if you seek disaster, it will find you... If you look for unhappiness... that's what you'll get! So why NOT seek beauty? and Good Times? I find walking in the Nountains is the Best... I live in California and there are Many Mountains with rivers of SUPER PURE Water to Drink and Swim In... Just to Give you a Hint... Try the Trinity River Between Redding and Eureka... Excellent!

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(1/8) Burning Man EFT Circle 2009


Ram Dass


SE SAID:

I don't really understand this constant debate about whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza. Pizza restaurants in my area have always offered a Hawaiian pizza on their menu, even when I was a kid. A Hawaiian pizza is usually ham and pineapple, but sometimes it's Canadian bacon and pineapple. But every pizza restaurant offers a Hawaiian pizza, and it's nothing new, so it seems strange to me that it's only been in the last 3 or 4 years that I've seen this debate about whether or not it "belongs" on pizza. Maybe it's less common in other states?

The only thing I don't like about Hawaiian pizza is the ham. I'm not a fan of ham, and I typically prefer pizza without any meat at all, so I'm not likely to order the Hawaiian pizza for myself. But in situations where someone orders several pizzas to feed a large crowd, Hawaiian is usually one of the pizzas because many people love it. I actually like the combination of pepperoni and pineapple better than ham and pineapple. If you don't like Hawaiian pizza, that's fine, everyone has their preferences. But whether or not it "belongs" on the menu? That part is odd to me.

SH SAID:
The Hawaiian pizza in my hometown pizzeria also had banana on it. That never struck me as odd as a kid. It was my favourite. The sweet and salty together with the acid of the pineapple is good.

SE SAID: I don't think I've ever had crab on pizza, but it sure sounds good. I have had shrimp on pizza many times, and I love it. Lobster would be good too.

I Replied: I worked at Dominos in Maryland and there was a Fish Store next door... so we both donated and everyone ate...

MM SAID: I happen to like it. I’ve had dried mango slices with prosciutto and arugula on pizza so pineapple is not a stretch.
There are some Americans who put pineapple slices on a ham before baking it, and it adds a bit of tenderness and sweetness to the meat. So what’s the difference?

NL SAID: In SF people seem to be more liberal with pizza toppings. My favorite used to be a potato and pesto one. I'm like you. I usually only eat vegetarian pizza. Pineapple happens to be my favorite topping. I usually pair it with jalapenos and onions. But if I'm gonna go for the non veggie version, it's pineapple, jalapenos, onions and anchovies!

SE SAID: When I lived in L.A., I was really surprised that most pizza places did NOT have pesto pizza. Here in the Bay Area, pesto pizza has always been a thing. There are very few pizza places which DON'T offer it. I also remember when I went to New York City in '93 and again in '94, none of those wonderful New York pizza-by-the-slice places had pesto. But they all had spinach pizza, which surprised me for some reason. But it was SO GOOD. I prefer pizza with veggie toppings rather than meat, and I was surprised New York had so many veggie options. I would have assumed veggie pizza was more of a West Coast thing, but you never know. spinach on pizza is so good! They don't offer green olives on pizza in SoCal too and every place up north did. Green is so much better on pizza!

NL SAID: Eh, I can't stand any olives, green or black. It's the only food I hate. If olives end up on my pizza, I'm picking them off.

SE Replied:  too bad. I also remember that kalamata olives and feta goes great on pizza too.

I Said: Canadian Bacon is a Good addition to Pineapple Pizza... or Ham... 

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and at a Senator Jon Testor Virtual Town Hall I asked: "When will we Legalize Recreational Marijuana Nationwide? Tax it Regulate it. Free all the Cannabis Prisoners. Use the empty jail cells for a homeless shelter... Refund the Taxpaer Dollars Currently Wasted on Law Enforcement to the Taxpayers... Everybody WINS!"

rainbow Gathering July 1-7 Colorado

Zippy the Pinhead


Martin, Patti and Vanessa moved to this new home in San Francisco in early 2004. They are quite close to Mount Sutro and can see Golden Gate Park off the back balcony.

 It is a 4 story home and there are balconies on three of the stories. There is a garage which is quite a blessing due to impossible parking in the city. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
The picture above shows Martin and Nicole sitting on the balcony with the park in the background. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
This is the view that they see... It is absolutely stunning in person. The financial district is seen to the right, Transamerica Pyramid... You may have to scroll right to see the entire picture... This photo does NOT show the ocean and Golden Gate bridge that are off to the left... Nor does it show the Mount Sutro which is off to the right. The view is a little bit scary due to being so high off the ground. I think that is called vertigo. After a few minutes, I felt safe there... It is possible to climb up a ladder and get on the roof... It was too much effort for me to climb it when I visited, but the view should be astonishing. One time Martin and Vanessa had to go up on the roof to use brooms to sweep the water from a rainstorm off the FLAT Roof... and Prevent Leaking indoors. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
Here are Nicole and Vanessa in the kitchen. I am standing on the floor above and peeking out of an inside window... Originally, this area was a courtyard but a previous owner roofed it in. 

Sutro Tower San Francisco
This is the front of the home with Sutro Tower. It broadcasts television signals and is visible from my dad's house in Los Gatos... 50 miles away... We had a The Biggest Radio Shack TV Antenna installed on the roof of Dad's Home and We Were able to get all the TV Stations from San Francisco... In Fact, Broadcast TV Signals require "line of sight" to be received... 
We Had a Rotator installed as well and Dad Could get Sacramento Stations as well... 

Kitchen at Martin's house
Here is Dad, Patti, Vanessa and Bonita. The photo above with the checkerboard floor was looking down on this scene. This house seems to go on and on and on. Vanessa showed me all the rooms and some are quite different. There is a bathroom that is entirely covered with mirrors on all the walls. You can see hundreds of reflections of yourself. I have never seen anything like this except at the Smithsonian Modern Art Gallery... There is a walk in closet/crawlspace that is large enough to house another entire family. Since this place is built on the side of a steep hill, there are odd shaped nooks and crannies underneath. There is a piano room that has walls that are intentionally made NOT-PARALLEL so that the sound waves will echo in an acoustically pleasing manner. It also has movable sound dampening sections... Like a classical music concert hall...

Grandpa Vanderlaan's House in San Francisco.
Grandpa Vanderlaan's house in San Francisco

Grandpa Vanderlaan's House in San Francisco.

I remember this house from my childhood. Especially the very high quality grand piano. It is on a hill near the University of San Francisco medical center between Sutro Tower and The Panhandle section of Golden Gate Park.

more pictures of Martin's new house...

Nicole and Martin on a Balcony
Martin and Nicole on the balcony. 

Dad's car out front of Martin's House.
The front of the house with a view into the blessed garage. Parking on the street is often difficult and a constant source of frustration. Generally, it is illegal to park in the space that you find... That is dad's white car...

Vanessa and Dad
dad and Vanessa near the kitchen... 
Since this is a tall and thin house 
they get lots of staircases... 

a fireplace in a totally empty room... before...
 Martin and the fireplace in the living room...


Oddly Shaped Forest Clearcut and Replanting Near Mount Lassen, CA - Literally Hundreds of Rectangular Clearcuts... Invisible from the Road... Visible From Space! and the Movie "Clearcut Nation" all about this Land...

 

Streetview CA44 near Mount Lassen
Streetview of Highway 44
Note That You Cannot See the Logging
FROM THE ROAD.

clearcut and replanting near Lassen
Satellite Photo from Far Away

Closer View of the Clearcut and Replanting
Closer View of the Clearcut and Replanting

Note the Shadows: Tall Trees and Newly Planted Short Ones
Note the Shadows: Tall Trees and Newly Planted Short Ones

Satellite View of the Entire Lassen Park and foothills
Satellite View of the Entire Lassen Park and Foothills

Clearcut Nation - the Movie

'Clearcut Nation' illuminates the decades of destructive logging practices which have been approved in the watersheds and forests of California--the watersheds that support all of the life in the state. It focuses on the Battle Creek watershed in Shasta and Tehama counties as an example, but overall is about how we treat, and relate to, the natural world. It includes interviews with author Derrick Jensen, botanist Julie Kierstead Nelson, PhD fire and vegetation ecologist Dennis Odion, PhD hydrologist Tom Myers, wildlife biologist Monica Bond, and rural residents who have experienced the vast changes to the land. This film is based on 8 years of research and field work, as well as decades of life experience in the wild lands of California. More info: www.thebattlecreekalliance.org A film by Marily Woodhouse, Battle Creek Alliance Battle Creek Alliance, northern California, Shasta County


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and on a different subject...
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SE Said:
My dad told me the most interesting story, and I thought I'd share.
There used to be a world famous violinist named Yehudi Menuhin, and at one point in time, he lived in Los Gatos. He spent a lot of time on tour, and he would ship his own personal Steinway piano all over the world to be played by his accompanist in his concerts. After the tour, the piano would be shipped back to Los Gatos. He had the phone number which was later acquired by my family in the 1960's, before my time. My dad said that every once in a while, someone would call and ask, "Where do you want us to deliver the piano?"
To this day, my parents still have that same phone number.

I Replied:

Many people have their piano shipped from one concert to the next at GREAT EXPENSE - You have to hire a Person to tune it... That's a Full time Job if You're on the road with a Famous Band... All that moving and temperature changes put the instrument out of tune... SO... One Day Stevie Wonder was Talking to Raymond Kurzweil (the man who made a book reader for Blind People) and Stevie Said: Build me a Really Great Portable Electronic Piano... and So... Kurzweil and Moog built one... and TRULY... It's a Fantastic Instrument... and the Piano Tuner Got Laid Off... https://kurzweil.com/

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Photos of a Visit to the Lolita Cheese Factory near Eureka, California - and the Happy Cows Near FERNDALE in the Beautiful EEL River Valley...

My dad took a bus ride with the Willow Glen, CA senior center to visit Bear River Casino and the Lolita Cheese Factory. It was one of the last visits we had. We met at the casino near Eureka (where I lived) and I drove him around in my Ford Windstar Van. It was a great visit and we had long chats... A good ending to a long life. He was proud that I was sober, employed, married and taking care of myself. "See, I Raised You Good..."

photographs of Lolita California Cheese Factory and Ferndale by gvan42
Heart Frog Discovered

photographs of Lolita California Cheese Factory and Ferndale by gvan42
at the Lolita Cheese Factory 
in Beautiful Lolita, California

photographs of Lolita California Cheese Factory and Ferndale by gvan42
stirring a vat of cheese.

photographs of Lolita California Cheese Factory and Ferndale by gvan42
Cows Living the Good Life 
in the Eel River Valley.

photographs of Lolita California Cheese Factory and Ferndale by gvan42
Dino Painting in the Garden 
of the Lolita Cheese Factory.

photographs of Lolita California Cheese Factory and Ferndale by gvan42
The BEAR sculpture at Bear River Casino. 

photographs of Lolita California Cheese Factory and Ferndale by gvan42
Construction Project on the Eureka, CA Waterfront 
paid for by recovery.gov
including funds for public art.

photographs of Lolita California Cheese Factory and Ferndale by gvan42
Bear Mural on Redwood Curtain Playhouse

drawing of a bear using kids template
Dancing Bears Pencil Sketch. 
Made with a drafting template of a bear... 

psychedelic art by gvan42 - dancing bear original newspaper type
The Original Dancing Bear. Found in a 
Lead Type Set. Artist Unknown. 
Before computers, newspapers were made by
arranging Lead Type into racks and inked...
then pressed onto paper... 

redwood sculpture of a bear and Dancing bear logo from The Grateful Dead
Redwood Sculpture from 
The Avenue of the Giants

psychedelic art by gvan42 Butterfly Rainbows from here to eternity
Butterfly Rainbow Freedom...
From Here to Eternity.

psychedelic art by gvan42 Lotus Blossom
Lotus Blossom

psychedelic art by gvan42 St Francis Yellow Flower double exposure
St Francis and a Yellow Flower

photo of the forest in Eureka, CA by gvan42
My Backyard in Eureka, CA

Dolos in Eureka on the North Jetty Entrance to Humboldt Bay - Photographs of California - Drummers - Tree Sitter Protest at the Freshwater Valley Clearcut Logging by MAXXAM - If You Can't Visit in Person, Take this Virtual Tour! LINK: http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/02/dolos-in-eureka-on-north-jetty.html

Dolos in Eureka on the North Jetty - Photographs of Humboldt County, CA by gvan42
Looking at Eureka in the Distance

Dolos are Giant Concrete Objects that are used to Build Breakwaters... The ODD SHAPE prevents Ocean Waves from Washing them Away... Originally, The Jetties Were Built using Giant Rocks but... Storms Washed them Away... 
 They are about TEN Feet from End to End... 


Dolos on Eureka's North Jetty -
Pulp Mill Working in the Distance
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Let's Keep On Investigating Trump's FAILED Attempt to Overthrow the US Government and Crown Himself CZAR... The GOP want's Everyone to Forget About 1/6/2021 Because It Make them Look Like Insane Monsters... Keep On Posting Photos of the Riot...


Should Trump Be Hanged for Treason? QuackAnon Thinks SO!
Should Trump Be Hanged for Treason?
QuackAnon Thinks SO!
 Please Let Your Elected Officials Know That WE Have Had Enough of the Madness!


 #QuackAnonFREAKS Under Surveillance by Police after Trump's FAILED Attempt to Overthrow the US Government and Crown Himself CZAR... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/23/police-records-capitol-attack-lawmakers

SEE? Walls Don't Work... Treason... 1/6/2021 FAILED OVERTHROW OF THE US GOVERNMENT
SEE? Walls Don't Work!

...and then Greta Posted a Video about How 
The Coronavirus is a Symptom of a Broken System...

Greta-Thunberg-School-Strike-for-Change-Swedish-parliament-November-2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAOCnDMGdKU

Greta Thunberg Video: Our relationship with nature is broken, and it links to the Covid crisis. Connect the Dots...  our Failed Lifestyle Causes Disease... Sounds Accurate to Me... a new campaign on her Twitter page, calling for human beings to change the way we farm and eat animals. "Up to 75 percent of all new diseases come from other animals because of the way we farm and treat animals. "We are creating the perfect conditions for diseases to spill over from one animal to another, and to us. "The next pandemic could be much, much worse, but we can change."

The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza... WEAR A MASK, STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE 6 FEET, WASH HANDS... Of Course, YOU Can Exercise YOUR Freedom to Get Sick and Die... Darwin's Survival of the Fittest Simply Works Even if You Believe in #QuackAnon Lies! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flu-has-disappeared-worldwide-during-the-covid-pandemic1/

Yes, The Vaccines Actually Work... and It's a Simple Way to CULL THE HERD... The #AntiVaxNuts will get Sick, Die and Smart People Will Survive... DARWINISM Works Even If You Don't Believe in Survival of the Fittest.  

https://www.axios.com/pfizer-biontech-astrazeneca-covid-variants-effective-28bc0355-e361-4b32-9c6c-328185a36036.html


420 Black Border GUNS DO NOT SAVE LIVES - reality - meme - gvan42


SEE? Owning a Gun is a Danger to Your Family... and Mine TOO!  3-year-old accidentally shoots 2-year-old sister in Florida... Authorities say a guest brought a gun to a gathering and hid it between couch cushions where the children were playing... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-year-old-accidentally-shoots-2-year-old-sister-florida-n1268259


Sister of child shot in Southern California describes little brother's final moments... https://abc7news.com/child-shot-55-freeway-orange-county/10679506/ After a 6-year-old boy was fatally shot in an apparent road-rage attack in Orange County, California Friday morning, the child's sister spoke out about the heartbreaking loss.  "There was road rage on the freeway and someone pulled out a gun and shot my little brother in the stomach, and he said, 'Mommy, my tummy hurts,'" said Alexis Cloonan, the boy's sister.

ANOTHER Gun Nut Goes Crazy and Murders People... Every Day! Every Freaking Day! Outlaw Guns, Collect Guns, Melt Guns. It's Not Complicated... https://www.twincities.com/2021/05/22/st-thomas-student-among-three-killed-in-minneapolis-shootings/

young person climate change protest sign

I believe there are TOO Many People Alive today. SO... Mother Nature Created the Coronavirus to Reduce the Population... Just Like Thomas Malthus Predicted...

 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Malthus

"best known for his theory that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply and that betterment of humankind is impossible without stern limits on reproduction. This thinking is commonly referred to as Malthusianism."

Many People who hunt deer believe in Malthusian Biology... They say... "We Ought to Shoot Some Deer so they won't die from Starvation in the Winter..." Sounds like a Convenient Excuse BUT... Factually Accurate...

Cat Sculpture Los Gatos - Free Coloring Book by gvan42
Cat Sculpture Los Gatos
Free Coloring Book by gvan42


I See in the Newspaper that a Mountain Lion was Found Wandering around Lost in the City of San Francisco...   So... The Zoo People Picked Him Up and Returned to the Santa Cruz Mountains Where he Lives... The Mountain Lion Had a COLLAR that was put on by the UC Santa Cruz Biology Students... All Working together to Help Mountain Lions Survive and Have a Happy Life...

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mountain-lion-San-Francisco-captured-Bernal-Height-16190720.php

Grateful Dead Album Cover - Ice Cream Kid Joke
Times Change ~~~  In 1972, The Grateful Had an Album Cover With ART Featuring The Ice Cream Kid! Based on a Joke!  "Dad says: If You Can Clap, I'll Give You an Ice Cream Cone... The Kid Tries to Clap but Misses... He Tries to Clap Again But Misses again... Finally, He Gets his Hands Lined up and Claps! So Dad Gives him an Ice Cream Cone and HE MISSES HIS MOUTH AND SHOVES IT INTO HIS FOREHEAD!"

Grateful Dead Little Boxes Photo Seidemann

The First Picture I Ever Saw of the Grateful Dead... Bob Seidemann - Five People with Mirrors were Standing Behind the Cameraman to Illuminate the Faces... Look at the Shadows on the Ground that Show the Position of the Sun... South San Francisco, California... "Little Boxes" Type Houses... Just Like the Malvina Reynolds Song...

The Rest of the Story... In 1968 I Saw this Poster in my 8th Grade English Class... There were Two Posters and We Had to write Essays about one of them. I Chose the Other Poster... a Swastika Drawn in Red White and Blue American Flag Graphics... I Did not Know Who the Grateful Dead WERE and Certainly Didn't Recognize this Band Photo... The English Teacher Vanished at the End of That School Year and Never Taught in Los Gatos Again... That Happened In Those Days... Mr. Fortier -  I Wonder What Ever Happened to Him... 

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*"Conspiracy Theories" that are ACTUALLY TRUE. MKULTRA, Cointelpro, CIA-Contra-Cocaine, Donald Rumsfeld Selling Weapons to Saddam Hussein, UFOs are Real... Sometimes people dismiss Truth as "Just a Conspiracy Theory" because they Don't LIKE THE TRUTH.

1967: The Summer of Love... San Francisco, Hippies, Flower Power, Peace, The Diggers, Haight Ashbury, LSD and the Grateful Dead. It certainly has been a Long Strange Trip. Congratulations to all those of us who have survived... One thing is for certain...The culture of the United States was radically different After the 1960's...



*American History: "The Thunder Machine" was a Giant Sheet Metal Sculpture that you Got Inside and Played like a Drum. Made by Ron Boise and used at Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.

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My Biff Rose Trip: Driving To a Cabin in the Woods - down The Coast of California from Arcata thru Ft Bragg to Mendocino... An Excellent Adventure!

How To Remove Smoke from Indoor Air. Tape a Filter to a Box Fan. During Wildfire Season the Air Indoors is Bad to Breathe...


Pretty Soon the Filter Turns Brown
from Smoke, Pollen and Dust.

Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote) Then He went to India Looking for Enlightenment and Met a Guru. Changed His Name and Published a Great Book... "Remember: Be Here Now" - It Has His Autobiography and then Many ART Drawings Explaining Eastern Religion. Real Name: Dr. Richard Alpert...


Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote)


My Autobiography: Growing Up in Los Gatos, California in the 1960s by Gregory Vanderlaan - and Living in San Jose, Washington DC, Chico, Eureka and Orangevale, CA.

I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.

I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
Peace Sign Pie Chart
History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 Americans Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School Now... "Too Controversial" -

During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.


During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...

READ MORE: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-brief-history-of-vietnam-war-58000.html

Who Won the War? DOW CHEMICAL AND HUGHES AIRCRAFT. Selling Napalm, Agent Orange and Helicopters...

Military Death Chart USA

AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS - Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The USA, Not Even Once.

Ever since Victory in Japan, All of Our Wars have been Marketing to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex.







Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42 - UFO and Alien Hieroglyphics