Category: Politics

Used to be a commodity trader now I am one

Posted on September 26, 2011 by David Gaddis

I use this space often to write about things I am not an expert on; politics, theology, family relations, even running marathons, for today that changes. There are just a…

Bloggers of 1765

Posted on June 30, 2011 by David Gaddis

Writers and story tellers adapt to the latest technology tools very rapidly. From oral stories, cave drawings, quill and ink, printing presses, Fountain pens, manual type writers, Mimeograph, ball point…

Give me Liberty or Give me air conditioning

Posted on June 27, 2011 by David Gaddis

According to the 2009 census I live in a town of 5515 people of that number 974 are 17 years of age or younger, leaving my home town with 4541…

Lance Armstrong and Cheating

Posted on May 27, 2011 by David Gaddis

In Junior High my friends and I invented a game we called “Tackle Basket Ball”. The name really says it all. As typical adolescent males our skill sets varied greatly,…

It’s only fair

Posted on May 19, 2011 by David Gaddis

I like things simple. Maybe that’s why I like old cars, old machinery, but I also love things that simplify. So, I adopt new ideas and new technology where the…