Month: December 2006

The Columbian newspaper (Vancouver, WA) reported on March 2, 2005 that Govenor Gregoire of Washington State was singled out with a positive comment by President Bush at his annual Governor’s Dinner. It caused quite a stir since she won the governor’s race against Republican candidate,Dino Rossi, by only 126 votes. Now here is the fun… Continue reading MY FAVORITE POOR LOSER STORY

The Associated Press reported today that on the U.S. border with Mexico, “U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 149,238 fewer people from the start of July through November, down 34 percent from the same period last year, according to monthly figures provided Tuesday by U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Mario Martinez.” Do the math and that is… Continue reading ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION NUMBERS STARTLING.

My website stat counter says that 72 of 137 (52.5%) of you who visited added the site to your Favorites. Come back often and check for the latest.

To each of our soldiers in harms way: Stay alert guys. This old veteran is thinking of you tonight…..J. Charles

I can’t find the origin of this description but it is rather clever and may even be technically correct (I didn’t verify the calculations). I. There are approximately two billion children–persons under 18–in the world. But, since Santa is not supposed to visit non-Christian children, his Christmas Eve work-load is limited to 15% of the… Continue reading AN ENGINEER’S VIEW OF SANTA

In line with the climate of political correctness now pervading America, those of us from Arkansas and Missouri will no longer be referred to as HILLBILLIES. We ask that you now refer to us as OZARK-AMERICANS. Thank you!

Beginning at the far left, write down the numerical position of each word in the alphabet. You get 3.14159, the circumference of a one inch circle. Don’t ask me to prove it.

J. Charles (John) Cheek was born in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. John’s great grandfather migrated to Arkansas from Georgia in 1870. John was ten years old when his family moved to the State of Washington. He was an enlisted man in the Army Security Agency and participated in the Korean War. He held the… Continue reading J Charles Bio

Now, over fifty years later, he is a retired engineering manager and, with Bev, his wife of 50+ years, lives in Vancouver, Washington.

Synopsis Promised by a recruiter that he will not ve in the infantry and therefore is unlikely to be sent to the war zone, insteat of being drafted for 2-years, 19-year old John Lefter enlists for a 3-year hitch in the Army Security Agency and, as you might guess, ends up in the Korean War.… Continue reading STAY SAFE, BUDDY (A Story of Humor and Horror During the Korean War)