By Jim ONeill ——Bio and Archives--June 14, 2014
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...That doesn't mean the Left can't change. It only signifies that the shift, when it comes, will be no ordinary change of mind. It will be more akin to a Pauline conversion than a matter of fact acknowledgment of a mistake. ...Revolutions, even mild ones, eat their own. The time for liberals to realize that is early, before the train makes the thundering turn into that long, long stretch of track--the one that culminates in a ravine. --Richard Fernandez "A Sudden Realization" "Barack Obama is really the president Richard Nixon always wanted to be...he's been allowed to act unilaterally in a way that we've fought for decades." --Jonathan Turley "...governments will use whatever technology is available to them to combat their primary enemy--which is their own population."--Noam Chomsky
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Born June 4, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Served in the U.S. Navy from 1970-1974 in both UDT-21 (Underwater Demolition Team) and SEAL Team Two. Worked as a commercial diver in the waters off of Scotland, India, and the United States. Worked overseas in the Merchant Marines. While attending the University of South Florida as a journalism student in 1998 was presented with the “Carol Burnett/University of Hawaii AEJMC Research in Journalism Ethics Award,” 1st place undergraduate division. (The annual contest was set up by Carol Burnett with money she won from successfully suing a national newspaper for libel). Awarded US Army, US Navy, South African, and Russian jump wings. Graduate of NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School, 1970). Member of Mensa, China Post #1, and lifetime member of the NRA and UDT/SEAL Association.