Breen Lansford
(All American Hero)
Retired Marine Corp Major, Breen G Lansford, flew Corsairs in the Pacific and jets in Korea and loves to spend quality time on his computer. I recently chatted to him using a video link and he looks like everybody's favorite grandfather and almost human considering he lives near Lake Como in Florida. In true patriotic fashion, he's for and against everything American and is also a Freemason. At 80 he's a living example of not letting the grass grow under his feet and is to be admired for his sagaciousness. He can be contacted at the above email link. He also smiles a lot.
ps    Don't mention alligators.
Below are a few observations Breen has amassed from a
                              lifetime  serving humanity.
Where Did It All Begin?

Let's see...I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained that she didn't
want any prayer in our schools.  And we said OK.
Then someone said you had better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that says
thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself.  And we
said, OK.
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might
damage their self-esteem.
And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we won't spank them
anymore.
Then someone said that teachers and principals better not discipline our children
when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member in  this
school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad
publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued.
And we accepted their reasoning.
Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and
they won't even have to tell their parents.
And we said, that's a grand idea.
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and
they're going to "do it" anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so
they can have all the "fun" they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they
got them at school.
And we said, that's another great idea.
And then some of our top elected officials said that it doesn't matter what we do  in
private as long as we do our jobs.
And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including  the
President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it
wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body.   And we
said we have no problem with that.
And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of
nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the Internet.
And we said they're entitled to their free speech.
And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote
profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let's record music that encourages
homosexuality, rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.   
And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes
it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
Therefore, now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why
they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers,
their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it
has a great deal to do with... "we reap what we sow."
   (This was passed on by a man named Clarence Schultz, who wrote down
some of his thoughts. He is a minister and retired Navy chaplain -- lots to think
about! He was the Chaplain on the USS ARKANSAS when I served with him from 1941 to 1943. He was later the head of the Navy Chaplains school.) 

Breen Lansford.