Author Archives: Phil Christensen

About Phil Christensen

The trail behind me is littered with failure. The trail before me remains to be seen.

Brain Droppings: My Plans for the Labor Day Weekend

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Phil Christensen

Labor Day I know the communists marched over 110,000,000 people to their deaths in the last century, but they did get us a day off in September, and that has to count for something. My Plans for Labor Day I’m not going … Continue reading →

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The Federal Budget, Debt, Sequestration, or How A Nation Commits Suicide

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Phil Christensen

Sequestration is coming. No, I’m not referring that pointless debate which took place in the Fall of 2013. I’m certainly not referring to those occasional budget debates which play out from time to time. You know, the debates where Republicans … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned From My Years In Afghanistan

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Phil Christensen

An Afghan Conversation “Sir, can you do without me today?  My family is headed to the Panshir Valley today and I have to stay and watch the house.”  While not the first time that Majeed (not his real name) begged … Continue reading →

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An Appeal to The Better Angels

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Phil Christensen

I just have one request.  One.  And this goes for everyone at every level of the food chain.  This is for everyone one on the school board, the town counsel, my state assemblyman, my congressman, senator, and everyone in the … Continue reading →

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What I Failed To Learn From Junior High

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Phil Christensen

My Mother-in-Law bought me a copy of Greg Guttfield’s “Uncool” for my birthday. For those who haven’t gotten around to it, allow me to recommend it. If you are reading this blog, you will probably find parallels to your own … Continue reading →

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A Failure To Learn From History

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Phil Christensen

Sweeping out of the North at the head of his Visigoth army, Alaric entered Italy, encountering token resistance at best. The year was 410 A.D., and Rome’s days were clearly numbered. Charged with the security of the crumbling empire but … Continue reading →

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Fools Fighting In A Burning House

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Phil Christensen

This should give you reason to be concerned. Or at least terrified. After all, that’s quite a bill. And it’s yours. Yes, each and every U.S. Taxpayer needs to cough up nearly one million one hundred thousand dollars in order … Continue reading →

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As planned II…

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Phil Christensen

If Lois Lerner spends as much as a minute behind bars, no one will be more shocked than me. Same goes for this yahoo: John Koskien’s resume reads like a typical big-governemnt liberal: Yale Law School, “post graduate work” at … Continue reading →

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All Good Things…

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Phil Christensen

Language, borders, culture. Take them in any order. This is what defines a nation. It is also one of those rare subjects on which one can truthfully assert that size doesn’t matter. One’s nation could be as large as the … Continue reading →

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This Is What Success Looks Like…

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Phil Christensen

…if you hate Western Civilization. Words like “stunning” come to mind. Incompetence would be easy to explain away. Surely the Obama administration has shown itself to be completely inept with respect to the economics of the lemonade stand. But, when … Continue reading →

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