Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[November 20, 2024] Here is some good news. That skinny small-town boy from the Deep South – and born on the bayou (like the 1969 CCR song) – turned out okay. I would marry and have two children; the happiest days of my life were their birth and their growing up. Nothing is more important or fulfilling than… Read More »
[November 19, 2024] Old dogs leave footprints on our souls. There is nothing better in our lives than your pet dogs, and our time with them are measured not by years on a calendar but by those times we are together. I grew up with pets and continue to have them as companions. Dogs are especially adept at… Read More »
[November 18, 2024] As frequent readers of my website know, I had knee replacement surgery a month ago. The week following My surgery, I used a walker to help stabilize my walk and to act as a safety measure to prevent falling. I rarely traveled outside my home but when I did venture out, I experienced another world… Read More »
[November 17, 2024] Thank goodness the U.S. election is over. I was getting a couple dozen text messages, phone calls, and emails that clogged my social media. I learned how to shortcut “spam” and “block” quickly, but my efforts didn’t seem to slow them down. Some acquaintances of mine went berserk when their favorite candidate lost. Gee, get… Read More »
[November 16, 2024] This is an untidy, chaotic story from the culture of the Deep South, so read my experience with that in mind. I smacked the groom in the mouth on his wedding day. My behavior may seem awful, but hold your judgment and hear me out. I was at a hillbilly wedding conducted just south of… Read More »
[November 15, 2024] President-elect Donald Trump just announced his pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. The choice took me by surprise but only because I knew very little about him and he is atypically young. I’d planned on writing about Pete becoming SECDEF but NY Post writer Miranda Devine wrote that she is an enthusiastic supporter of… Read More »
[November 14, 2024] Reporting on North Korean (DPRK) soldiers fighting alongside Russians in the Ukraine War has given us little factual information about their effectiveness on the battlefield. What few dispatches we have received led us to believe their soldiers are performing poorly. Russia’s manpower shortage and need for more equipment and ammunition are driving Putin into the… Read More »
[November 13, 2024] Under President Biden and Kamala Harris, FEMA has been slow to respond to hurricanes this year, which includes slow aid delivery, failure to quickly and accurately assess damage areas, and lacking knowledgeable leadership on the ground. Now we discover another massive scandal when it came out that FEMA workers have been directed to bypass the… Read More »
[November 12, 2024] In an interview with Ritchie Herron, Ritche tells us of his experiences with “transitioning from a man to a woman.” This is another story of the horror and malevolence of the medical and our political establishments. Richie is “pissed off” with those who actively encouraged him to transition, them saying he was the ideal candidate… Read More »
[November 10, 2024] In the early days of my military career, I thought it important to copy the behavior and speech of those known to be the very best leaders. It came naturally, it seemed to me at the time, to find out what those leaders did when they were not “working” – for example, what they were… Read More »