Ralph's YouTube Surpasses Half a Million Views!

Seven years ago I created a YouTube site in which I intended to post videos of interest to me.  Many of them reflect my military service and devotion to my country.  I expected it to be a small, humble site that would occasionally be viewed by friends and family.  I posted 42 videos during this time, from personal interest and humor to politics and more.  To my great surprise my videos spread far beyond my initial intended audience, with VIEWINGS IN 132 COUNTRIES SPANNING THE ENTIRE GLOBE.  Recently my site reached HALF A MILLION VIEWS, surpassing my wildest expectations!

I would like to extend my thanks to all who viewed and supported my YouTube site and invite my readers to check it out.  I believe you will find my videos both entertaining and stimulating.

I have included, below, for your entertainment, my three top viewed videos.  In addition, you can click on the following link to view the entire site:  Ralph's YouTube

Remembering this Memorial Day

On Monday, once again, we celebrate Memorial Day.  On this federal holiday we pause to remember the men and women of our armed forces who died while serving our country.  As the wars in the Middle East wind down and our troops return, please take some time to honor the thousands of men and women who gave their lives over the past 238 years to defend our country and our way of life.  We owe them so much!

Memorial Day is also an appropriate time to remember the thousands of men and women who have served and continue to serve in our armed forces.  Many have returned with injuries, and thousands more are returning to civilian life after serving their country.

This Memorial Day take a moment to remember those that gave their lives, and thank the members of our military and our veterans.  Attend a Memorial Day celebration in your community.  Then, do something to help.  Offer a job to a vet, volunteer your time or donate to one of the many organizations that help our military and our veterans.  The Disabled American Veterans and Wounded Warrior Project are just two organizations that make a difference.

Once again, this year, I am including the Warrior Song Tribute for your Memorial Day entertainment.

Above & Beyond: Birth of the Israeli Air Force

At the end of World War II a handful of Army Air Corps pilots were secretly recruited to help defend a soon-to-be brand new Jewish state from massive attacks from the Arab world in Israel's War of Independence.  Check out the video of this little known amazing story.

[My thanks to Lynn Hill for forwarding this video]

U.S. Shuns Israel After Foiling Al Qaeda Plot

US Embassy in Tel Aviv

Once again our president and state department are more interested in hiding the reemergence of Al Qaeda than protecting our citizens and embassies.  Were it not for the Israelis we would have suffered another "Benghazi"!  And we continue to turn our back on our allies.  It's going to be a long three more years until we can replace the man currently in our Whitehouse, and God only knows how much more damage he will do by then.

Check out this article in The Minority Report describing how our closest ally, Israel, foiled an Al Qaeda plot to attack our embassy in Tel Aviv and how our government not only refused to acknowledge the incident, but failed to thank the Israelis for what they did.

Israel Foils Al Qaeda Plot Against US Embassy

[My thanks to USAFA '75 Classmate Gary Exelby for forwarding this]